Annotation:West Virginia Polka

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X:1 T:West Virginia Polka S:Harvey "Pappy" Taylor (1894-1987, Effingham, central-south Ill.) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:Harvey Taylor - Dear Old Illinois (2007) F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/west-virginia-polka Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:C (3cde|"*"g2 gg g2gg|g-eec c2cc|+slide+[A2A2]AA A2 AA|A2FF F2GA| [G2B2] GG G2G2| BGBc d3e |g2 g3a g2|+slide+[e4e4][e4e4]| g2g2 gage|c2c2 cdcB|A3A A3A|A2F3G F2| B2GG G3A|BABc d3d|de g2G2G2|d2c3Bc2|| d4 d2c2|BcB2 A2G2|e4e3d|d2c2d2c2| d4 d2c2|BcB2 A2G2|e4 e2d2|c3[Ec] [E2c2]|| P:Substitutions "*"g2 g2 gagf|e2e2 efed|

WEST VIRGINIA POLKA. American, Polka (cut time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The tune was in the repertoire of Effingham, central-south Illinois, fiddler Harvey "Pappy" Taylor (1894-1987).

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 356.

Recorded sources: -Pick Away Press, Harvey Taylor - "Dear Old Illinois CD 1" (2007. Various artists)

See also listing at:
Hear Harvey Taylor play the tune at Slippery Hill [1][2]

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