Annotation:Jaybird in a High Oak Tree

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JAYBIRD IN A HIGH OAK TREE. American, Reel. A Major. AEae or GDgd tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'.

Perry Riley

Source for notated version: Perry Riley [Milliner & Koken]. Kentucky fiddler Perry Riley (1893-1986) was a cousin to another famous Kentucky fiddler, Buddy Thomas. Although lame from childhood, Riley was an itinerant laborer who wandered the South in search of work, living at different times in West Virginia and Arkansas, according to Mark Wilson.

Printed sources: Milliner & Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; p. 330.

Recorded sources: Rounder Records, Perry Riley - "Traditional Fiddle Music of Kentucky, vol. 1: Up the Ohio and Licking Rivers" (1997. Various artists).

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