Annotation:Pegleg

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PEGLEG. Old-Time, Breakdown. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.

Source for notated version: Lotus Dickey [1] (1911-1989, Grease Gravy Hill, near Paoli, southern Indiana) [Phillips]. Dickey learned the tune in the mid-1920's from his brother Cyprien, who had it from George Strother. "An old gentleman from down home [i.e. Orange County, Indiana, where Dickey was raised], long gone."

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 183.

Recorded sources: Bear Wallow BUC-215, Roger Howell - "A Plain Story Simply Told." Marimac 9029, Lotus Dickey - "Fiddle Tunes from Orange County, Indiana, vol. 1" (1992). Vigortone Records VT-1911, Lotus Dickey - "Down the Pike and Other Fiddle Tunes from Orange County, Indiana" (2013).

See also listing at:
Hear Paul Tyler's field recording of Lotus Dickey play the tune [2]
Hear Lotus Dickey's recording of the tune at Slippery-Hill [3]