Annotation:Rainbow Two-Step
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RAINBOW TWO-STEP. Canadian, Two-Step (2/4 time). D Major ('A' part) & G Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. This is a version of Percy Wenrich's million-selling song "Rainbow" (with words by Alfred Bryan) published in 1908.
Source for notated version: fiddler Vic Kibler (Hamilton County, New York) learned the tune from a recording by Canadian fiddler Rod Dorman.
Printed sources: Bohrer (Vic Kibler: Adirondack Fiddler), 1992; No. 2, p. 2.
Recorded sources: Sampler 8914, Vic Kibler – “Adirondack Fiddler” (1989).