Annotation:Lacy Brown

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X:1 T:Lacy Brown S:John Salyer (1882-1952, Salyersville, Magoffin County, Ky.) M:C| L:1/8 N:From home recordings 1941-42 D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/lacy-brown-0 D:https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/4231 N:AEae tuning Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A (3EFG|A2 AF E2CE|A2 Ac BAcB|A2FA E2C2|ECA,2 [A2A2](3EFG| A2 AF E2CE|A2 Ac BAcA|defd edcd| ecEG A2:| |:E2|A2 eg fedf |edcA BAGE|E2eg fedf|egeg a2a2| eceg fedf |edcA BAGE| aeae faed|cABG A2:||

LACY BROWN. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. A Major. AEae tuning (fiddle). AABB. Jeff Titon (2001) says the tune is related to "Grey Eagle (1)."

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - John M. Salyer [1] (Salyersville, Magoffin County, Ky., 1942) [Titon].

Printed sources : - Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 77, p. 105.

Recorded sources: -Berea College Appalachian Center AC003, "John M. Salyer: Home Recordings, vol. 1, 1941-1942" (1993).

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Hear John M. Salyer's 1941 home recording of "Lacy Brown" at Berea Sound Archives [3] and at Slippery Hill [4]

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