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POOR BLACK SHEEP. AKA - "Po' Black Sheep." Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBBB or AAB'B'BB. Mike Seegar describes this piece as a 'six-part tune' from the Tennessee African-American duo of Nathan Frazier (fretless banjo) and Frank Patterson (fiddle), who recorded it in 1942 for John Work in Nashville. See also the related “Ladies on the Steamboat.”

Source for notated version: Frank Patterson [Phillips].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes vol. 1), 1994; p. 185.

Recorded sources: Rounder CD0262, Mike Seeger - "Fresh Oldtime String Band Music" (1988).

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
See/hear Don Flemings play the tune on youtube.com [2]

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