Annotation:Hackberry Hop

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HACKBERRY HOP. Cajun, Two-Step. USA, La. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is a version of "Hip et Taiaud." Hackberry is a small town near Lake Charles, La. Recorded by fiddler Leo Soileau's (1904-1980) Three Aces in 1934.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Greenblatt (The Cajun Fiddle Tune Book), 1985; p. 21.

Recorded sources: Rounder 6001, Balfa Brothers - "Louisiana Cajun French Music from the Southwest Prairies" (1976).

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