Annotation:Pallet on the Floor

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PALLET ON THE FLOOR. Old-Time, Country Ragtime/Blues. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is only distantly musically related to the African-American blues tune of the same title (usually "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor") copyrighted in 1923 by W.C. Handy. Versions were also recorded by the Leake County Ramblers (as "Make Me a Bed on the Floor") and The Dixie Ramblers (as "Franklin County Blues").

The Stripling Brothers



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Printed sources:

Recorded sources: County 401, The Stripling Brothers - "Lost Child" (1971). Decca 5367 (78 RPM), The Stripling Brothers (1936). Document DOCD 8008, "The Stripling Brothers vol. 2 1934-1936" (). Voyager VRCD 349, Lee Stripling - "Hogs Picking Up Acorns" (2000).

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear the Stripling Brothers' recording on youtube.com [2]
See the Ballad Index entry [3]




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