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HORSE AND BUGGY-O. AKA and see "Old Horse and Buggy." Old-Time, Breakdown. A Major/Mixolydian. AEae (Hiram Stamper) or Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Old Horse and Buggy" was Kentucky fiddler Art Stamper's name for the tune.

Sources for notated versions: Fred Stoneking (b. 1933, Missouri), who learned it from bluegrass musician Jim Hoover (Atlanta, Ga.) [Beisswenger & McCann]; Hiram Stamper [Milliner & Koken].

Printed sources: Beisswenger & McCann (Ozarks Fiddle Music), 2008; p. 138. Milliner & Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; p. 305. Silberberg (93 Fiddle Tunes I Didn't Learn at the Tractor Tavern), 2004; p. 20.

Recorded sources: Rounder CD 0381, Fred Stoneking - "Saddle Old Spike" (1996).

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear the tune played by Charlie Kinney, recorded by John Harrod, Lewis County, Kentucky, 1978, at Berea Digital Content [2]
Hear the tune played by Hiram Stamper, recorded by Bruce Greene, at Berea Digital Content [3]