Annotation:Yellow Cat (1) (The)

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YELLOW CAT [1], THE. Old Time, Breakdown. USA, Oklahoma. D Major. ADae tuning. AABB. The tune has some resemblance to a Pennsylvania collected square dance tune in Bayard (1981, Dance to the Fiddle; No. 90, p. 55).

The yellow cat jumped
And he jumped on the wall.
The black cat jumped
And he couldn't jump a tall. ... (Thede)

Sources for notated versions: Frank Hobbs (Haskill County, Oklahoma) [Thede]; Tom Carter and Tom Sauber [Phillips].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 262. Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; p. 132.

Recorded sources: Rounder 0213, The Tompkins County Horseflies - "Chokers and Flies" (1985. Learned from Walter Morris, fiddler with The Pine River Boys and Maybelle).

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