Annotation:Old Country Waltz (3)
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OLD COUNTRY WALTZ [3]. Old-Time, Waltz. USA, Missouri. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Source Cyril Stinnett thought the tune might have been Canadian in origin. The tune (played by an unidentified fiddler) can be heard on a 1960's LP of fiddle music called "25 Old Tyme Fiddle Hits" (Arc FH-25-2), produced in Canada, reissued in the U.S. in 1972 on the K-Tel label.
Source for notated version: Bob Holt (1930-2004, Ava, Missouri), learned from fiddler Cyril Stinnett [Beisswenger & McCann].
Printed sources: Beisswenger & McCann (Ozarks Fiddle Music), 2008; p. 65. Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; p. 77.
Recorded sources: Rounder CD 0432, Bob Holt - "Got a Little Home to Go to" (1998). Hear Don Messer's version of the tune at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3JgPnyrL_0