Annotation:Huldy in the Sinkhole
Tune properties and standard notation
HULDY IN THE SINKHOLE. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. A Major. AEae tuning (fiddle). AB. Jeff Titon (2001) identifies the tune as closely related to "Jenny in the Cotton Patch," and that the 'A' part is also a variant of the 'B' part of Clyde Davenport's "Little Boy Where'd You Get Your Britches?"
Source for notated version: Birch Patrick (Salyersville, Magoffin County, Ky., 1977) [Titon].
Printed sources: Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 64, p. 94.
Recorded sources:
See also listing at:
Hear Bruce Greene's 1977 field recording of Birch Patrick, courtesy Jeff Titon [1]
Hear Bruce Greene's 1977 field recording of Birch Patrick, Digital Library of Appalachia [2]