Bob Tailed Mule

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Theme code Index	3523 5551
Also known as	Buckin' Dun
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	USA(Southwest)
Structure	AA'BB'
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Stacy Phillips
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Traditional American Fiddle Tunes vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number	p. 33
Year of publication/Date of MS	1994
Artist	Biography:Jim & Kim Lansford
Title of recording	Call Your Dogs
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Vigortone Records
Year recorded	2003
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BOB TAILED MULE. AKA - "Buckin' Dun." Old-Time, Breakdown. A Major. Standard or AEae tunings (fiddle). AABB. Irregular in the first part, with 10 measures instead of the usual eight.

Source for notated version: Larry Shumway [Phillips].

Printed source: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 33.

Recorded source: Vigortone Records, Jim & Kim Lansford - "Call Your Dogs" (2003. Learned from a 1943 field recording of Snowflake, Arizona, fiddler Kenner Kartchner).

X:1
T:Bob Tailed Mule
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Tom Sauber
N:AEae tuning
N:From a transcription by John Lamancusa, by permission. See http://www.mne.psu.edu/lamancusa/tunes.htm
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
(AB |: c2) [c2e2] (Bc) c2 | e3 (f e2) (AB | c2) [c2e2] (Bc) B2 | 
A3 (B A2) (AB | c2) [c2e2] (Bc) c2 | e3 (f e2) ee | f a2 (b a2) f2 | 
e2c2 (BA)(AB) | c2 (ef) ec B2 |1 A3 (B A2) AB :|2 A3 (B A2) ee ||
|: fa2b a2 fe | fa2b a2e2 | fa2b a2f2 | e3f e3e | fa2b a2f2 | 
e2c2 BA(AB | c2) (ef e)c B2 |1 A3 (B A2) ee :|2 A3 B A4 ||