Annotation:Pretty Polly Ann (2)

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PRETTY POLLY ANN(A) [2]. AKA and see "Lonesome Polly Ann," "Sugar Betty Ann (1)/Sugar Betsy Ann (1)." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Texas. A Major. AEae or AEac# tunings (fiddle). AABBCCA'A'. Bob Carlin (1985) notes the tune is possibly a variant of the song "Little Betty Ann," and further notes that, as "Betty Ann," it was recorded in 1947 for Columbia Records by fiddler Jesse Ashlock (who credited the tune to the father of his former employer, Texas swing fiddler Bob Wills). The tune was recorded for the Library of Congress by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph from Ozarks Mountains fiddlers in the early 1950's.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: The Devil's Box, vol. 30, No. 3, 1996; p. 7.

Recorded sources: Rounder C-11565, Brad Leftwich - "Rounder Fiddle" (1990. Learned from Tom Fuller). Rounder 0197, Bob Carlin - "Bangin' and Sawin'" (1985).

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