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X:1 % T:Sally Lost Her Slipper S:Bill Driver (Miller County, Mo.) M:C| L:1/8 D:Univ. of Missouri - Old Time Fiddlers' Repertory (1973) Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A A-|Aceg a2ab|c'2a2e2c2|d2f2b2g2|abaf edcB| Aceg agab|c'2a2e2c2|d2f2b2g2|a2{b}ag a2-a:| |:e-|efed c2c2|ABAF E2E2|GGBc B2E2|G2B2+slide+[e4e4]| [e4e4][c4e4]|{B}cBAF E2E2|GGBG B2G2|[A3A3][AA] [A3A3]:|]

SALLY LOST HER SLIPPER. American, Reel. USA, Missouri. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was in the repertory of Miller County, central Missouri, fiddler William "Bill" Driver, an African-American fiddler who played over radio station WOS in Jefferson City, the state capitol, and had a reputation as one of the best dance fiddlers in his region. R.P. Christeson recorded Driver playing the tune in 1948 on a wire recording machine. See also the related Missouri reel "Boys Around the World."

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - African-American fiddler Bill Driver (1881-1985, Miller County, southwest of Iberia, central Missouri) [Christeson].

Printed sources : - R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; p. 20.

Recorded sources: - University of Missouri, Bill Driver - "Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 1" (1973. Various artists).

See also listing at:
Hear Bill Driver's 1948 recording at Slippery Hill [1]
Read more about Driver at the Missouri Traditional Fiddle & Dance Network (includes a photograph) [2]