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X:1 T:Jaybird in a High Oak Tree N:From the playing of Kentucky fiddler Perry Riley (1893-1986), recorded N:in the field in 1973 by Mark Wilson. M:C| L:1/8 N:AEae tuning N:In the first strain the descending 'g' notes were played by Riley in between the N:'g' sharp and 'g' natural intonation. Ascending 'g' notes were sharped. The 'g' notes N:in the second strain are sharp. D:Rounder Records 0376, Perry Riley - "Traditional Fiddle Music of Kentucky, vol. 1: Up the Ohio and Lickng Rivers" (1997) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/jaybird-high-oak-tree Z:Andrew Kuntz K:A (3ef^g|a2a2=g2e2|fe=gf e2e2|a2a2 =gefg|a2 aa a2 (3ef^g| a2a2=g2e2|fe=gf e2cB|A2c2 efed |[M:3/2]cABA A3A A2:| |:[A,2E32]((3ABc [e2e2])eg|fedf edcB|A2c2 [ce][ce][ce]d |cABA G[A,3E3]| [A,2E2]A-c +slide+[e2e2]eg|fedf edcB|A2c2 [ce][cf][ce]d|cABA +slide+[A3A3]A [A2A2]:|

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

Additional notes
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).

See also listing at :
Hear the tune played by Howard Rains on Youtube [1] and, by Riley, at Slippery Hill [2]

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