Annotation:Wild Horses at Stony Point

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WILD HORSES AT STONY POINT. AKA and see "Old Dad," "Stoney Point (1)," "Wild Horses," "Pigtown Fling." Old-Time, Bluegrass; Breakdown/Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Spadaro (10 Cents a Dance), 1980; p. 31. Burke (Book of Old Time Fiddle Tunes for Banjo), 1968; p. 61.

Note that Day is a left-handed fiddler, but played a right-handed instrument without altering the strings

Recorded sources: Victor 40025A (78 RPM), Jilson Setters (1928, as "The wild horse on Stoney Point").

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Old Time Frederick [2]

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