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KANSAS CITY RAILROAD BLUES. Old-Time, Country Blues. C Major ('A' and 'C' parts) & F Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BA"C. The tune was recorded in 1927 for Okeh Records 45178 (78 RPM) by George Walburn and Emmett Heathcox, a fiddle/guitar duo from Atlanta. It was also recorded by Buck Ryan. It was likely composed by Walburn.

Source for notated version: Blaine Sprouse [Phillips].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 72.

Recorded sources: Voyager 332, Vivian Williams - "Tall Timber: Encore" (2005. Originally LP ca. 1986).




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