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YELLOW CAT [2]. AKA and see "Cousin Sally Brown (2)." Old-Time, Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. This "Yellow Cat" is an Appalachian tune and unrelated to the Oklahoma tune of the same name (for which see "Yellow Cat (1) (The)"). The tune was in the repertoire of Virginia fiddler, guitarist, and singer Bill Shelor [1].

Source for notated version: Judy Hyman with the Horseflies (Ithica, N.Y.) [Phillips].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 261.

Recorded sources: Rounder 0213, The Tompkins County Horseflies - "Chokers and Flies" (1985. Learned from Walter Morris, fiddler with The Pine River Boys and Maybelle).

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Hear Bill Shelor's version at Slippery Hill [3]

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