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PRETTY BETTY'S REEL. AKA – “Betty Brown’s Reel,” "Pretty Betty," “Pretty Brown’s Reel.” Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. Composed by Ontario fiddler biography:Ward Allen, who won contest after contest in the 1950’s and who carved out a career for himself as a radio fiddler. This tune is related to the "Off to California" family of tunes.

Source for notated version: Stuart Williams and Don Gish [Phillips].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes vol. 1), 1994; p. 189.

Recorded sources: GRT Records 9230-1031, “The Best of Ward Allen” (1973). Sparton Records SP 213, “Ward Allen Presents Maple Leaf Hoedown, vol. 3.”