Annotation:Down Home Waltz (1)
Tune properties and standard notation
DOWN HOME WALTZ. Old-Time, Waltz. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. Drew Beisswenger (2008) finds a similar melody in Samuel Bayard's Dance to the Fiddle (1982), an untitled waltz (p. 567).
Source for notated version: Art Galbraith (1909-1993, near Springfield, Mo.), learned in the 1960's from the playing of local fiddler Warren Dykes and from a Canadian version [Beisswenger & McCann, Phillips].
Printed sources: Beisswenger & McCann (Ozarks Fiddle Music), 2008; p. 38. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 253.
Recorded sources: Rounder Records 0133, Art Galbraith - "Dixie Blossoms" (1981).
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]