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SHOOT THAT TURKEY BUZZARD. AKA - "Turkey Buzzard." American, Reel (cut time). USA; east Tennessee, east Kentucky, north Georgia. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Silberberg): AABB (most versions). It has been identified as an east Tennessee tune name, however Rosenbaum (1989) believes it to have been widespread in the Georgia Blue Ridge. The piece is in the repertoire of Montecello, Ky., fiddler Clyde Davenport, who learned it from his father, a Tennessee fiddler. There are various verses sung to the tune:

Shoot that turkey buzzard, shoot that turkey buzzard,
Shoot that turkey buzzard, flyin' round the mountain.

Old hen cackle and chickens flew,
Rooster swore that he'd go, too.

Shoot old Davy Dugger, shoot old Davy Dugger,
Shoot old Davy Dugger, catch his wife an' hug 'er. ..... (Rosenbaum/Chancey)

Shoot that turkey buzzard, shoot that turkey buzzard,
Blam!, blam!, caw!, caw! '' (Kuntz/Any Old Time)

"Shoot that Turkey Buzzard" is closely related to the tunes "Davy Dugger," "Engine on a Mogull," "Greasy String (1)," "Old Coon Dog (1)," and "Higher Up the Monkey Climbs."

Additional notes

Sources for notated versions: - Ebenezer [Brody]: Any Old Time String Band (Ca.) [Kuntz]; Joe and Chesley Chancey (Boardtown Community, Cherry Log, Gilmer County, Georgia) [Rosenbaum]; Vivian Williams (Seattle) [Phillips]; Mel Durham [Silberberg].

Printed sources : Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; p. 256. Kuntz (Ragged but Right), 1987; p. 322. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 221. Rosenbaum (Folk Visions and Voices: Traditional Music and Song in North Georgia), 1989; pp. 168–169. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 144.

Recorded sources: -Arhoolie 4009, "Any Old Time String Band." Biograph 6007, Ebenezer "Tell it to Me" (appears as "Turkey Buzzard"). County 405, "The Hillbillies" (appears as third tune of "Soldier's Joy Medley"). Folkways FA 2371, Roger Sprung "Ragtime Bluegrass 2." Gennett 6775 (78 RPM), Doc Roberts (Ky.). Vetco 506, Fiddlin Van Kidwell "Midnight Ride." King 819 (78 rpm), J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers (1949).

Hear J.E. Mainer's version at [1]

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