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Sheet Music for "Jake's got a Bellyache"Jake's got a BellyacheReelSource: Alan Jabbour, from Edden HammonsNotes: ADae tuning (fiddle)Transcription: Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz



JAKE'S GOT THE BELLYACHE. American, Reel (cut time) A Mixolydian. ADae tuning (fiddle). AAB. This moderate tempo modal breakdown was in the repertoire of West Virginia fiddler Edden Hammons [1]. A version (with a slightly different rhythm and a more pronounced modal character) called "Kate's Got the Bellyache" has been collected in southeastern Kentucky from the playing of Estill Bingham. Also played in 'G'.

Edden Hammons (1876-1955)


Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Milliner & Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; p. 327.

Recorded sources: -Sound Archives SA2, "Edden Hammons Collection II, Disc 1". Hickory Jack Music HJM003MRR, The Haints - "Shout Monah" (2009).

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Hear The Haints recording on youtube.com [3]



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