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GOOD INDIAN. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Oklahoma. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Thede's source, Albert Black, sung this couplet to the melody:

Oh, Good Indian don't kill me,
For I've a wife and familee. (Sung to first four measures).

Source for notated version: Albert Black (Comanche County, Oklahoma) [Thede]; Tom Carter & Tom Sauber [Phillips].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 100. Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; p. 30.

Recorded sources:

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