Annotation:Forty Drops (2)
Tune properties and standard notation
FORTY DROPS [2]. Old-Time, Country Rag. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'AA'BB'BB'. AKA "Forty Drops of Rye", as recorded in the 78 RPM era by fiddler Andrew Baxter of the Georgia duo The Baxters (not brothers: Andrew's father James played the guitar). This is also the version played by the Striping Brothers.
Source for notated version: Stripling Brothers, via Kerry Blech (Florida) [Phillips].
Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 53.
Recorded sources: Decca 3513 (78 RPM), Stripling Brothers (1937).