Annotation:Big Eared Mule (1)
X:1 T: The Big-Eared Mule [1] B:E.F. Adam, "Old Time Fiddlers Favorite Barn Dance Tunes," St. Louis B:(1928, No. 34, p. 14) M:2/4 K:G ga|b2ba gage|dcBA G2FE|DEFG ABcd|ed2d d2ga| b2ba gage|dcBA G2FE|DEFG ABcA|B[BG]2[BG] [BG]2:| |:(3DEF|G3A B3c|dedB G2FE|DEFG ABcd|ed2d d2 (3DEF| G3A B3c|dedB G2FE|DEFG ABcA|B[BG]2[BG] [BG]2:| K:D |:FG|A2AG FDFG|A2AG FDFA|a2ab afeg|fdec d2 FG| A2AG FDFG|A2AG FDFD|A,B,CD EFGE|F[DF]2[FD] [FD]2:|
BIG-EARED MULE [1]. AKA and see "Flop-Eared Mule [1]." American, Reel (2/4 time). The tune was recorded by Kentucky-born William B. Houchens (1884-c. 1955), who waxed a dozen tunes for the Starr Piano Company of Indiana (including such chestnuts as "Arkansas Traveller" and "Turkey in the Straw"). Houchens spent much of his adult life running a music conservatory in Dayton, Ohio, where he taught a variety of stringed instruments (Charles Wolfe). Significant was the fact that Houchens recorded his sides prior to what is thought of as the first country music recordings by Fiddlin' John Carson.
