Annotation:Pallet on the Floor
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PALLET ON THE FLOOR. Old-Time, Country Ragtime/Blues. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is only distantly musically related to the African-American blues tune of the same title (usually "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor") copyrighted in 1923 by W.C. Handy. Versions were also recorded by the Leake County Ramblers and The Dixie Ramblers (the latter as "Franklin County Blues").
Source for notated version:
Printed sources:
Recorded sources: County 401, The Stripling Brothers - "Lost Child" (1971). Decca 5367 (78 RPM), The Stripling Brothers (1936). Document DOCD , "The Stripling Brothers vol. 2 1934-1936" (). Voyager VRCD 349, Lee Stripling - "Hogs Picking Up Acorns" (2000).
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear the Stripling Brothers' recording on youtube.com [2]
See the Ballad Index entry [3]