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LITTLE BETTY BROWN. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, West Virginia, Texas. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. See also the related melody "Angeline the Baker." An old pop song recorded on a 78 RPM by Kanawha County, West Virginia, fiddler Clark Kessinger (1896-1975) and his nephew Luches, in New York, June, 1929. The tune was also recorded by Bob Wills, Milton Brown, and other Texas swing bands. "Hawk Got a Chicken" has some similar melodic material, particularly at the end phrases.

Source for notated version: Clark Kessinger (W.Va.) [Phillips]; Jime Evans [Silberberg].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 142. Silberberg (93 Fiddle Tunes I Didn't Learn at the Tractor Tavern), 2004; p. 27.

Recorded sources: Brunswick 580 (78 RPM), The Kessinger Brothers (1929). Decca 5194 (78 RPM), "Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies" (1935). Document Records, "The Kessinger Brothers: Complete Recordings 1929–1930".

Source for notated version:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]

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