Annotation:Pop Weir Tune

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POP WEIR TUNE. American, Breakdown. USA, New York. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. "Pop" Weir (d. 1965) was the name of a renowned fiddler in central New York State. Bronner (1987) says the tune he has found which is closest to this is a Pennsylvania-collected melody, "Old Cow Crossed the Road (The)." Musicologist Samuel Bayard confirmed that "Pop Weir Tune" was a simplified version of that Pennsylvania tune, which probably began life as a song melody.

Source for notated version: Ken Kane, 1976 (New York State) [Bronner].

Printed sources: Bronner (Old-Time Music Makers of New York State), 1987; No. 33, p. 125.

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