Annotation:Hell and Scissors
Tune properties and standard notation
HELL AND SCISSORS. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Arkansas, Kentucky. A Major. ADae tuning. A 'hell' is a leather holster used by tailors to hold a pair of scissors. The tune is in the repertoire of fiddler Bruce Greene, who learned it from Day's 78 RPM recording. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954.
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Recorded sources: Library of Congress 1010B2, Jilson Setters {Kentucky fiddler J.W. "Blind Bill" Day} (recorded 1934 for John Lomax in Ashland Ky).