Annotation:Sally Lost Her Slipper

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X:1 % T:Sally Lost Her Slipper S:Bill Driver (Miller County, Mo.) M:C| L:1/8 D:Univ. of Missouri - Old Time Fiddlers' Repertory (1973) Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A A-|Aceg a2ab|c'2a2e2c2|d2f2b2g2|abaf edcB| Aceg agab|c'2a2e2c2|d2f2b2g2|a2{b}ag a2-a:| |:e-|efed c2c2|ABAF E2E2|GGBc B2E2|G2B2+slide+[e4e4]| [e4e4][c4e4]|{B}cBAF E2E2|GGBG B2G2|[A3A3][AA] [A3A3]:|]

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SALLY LOST HER SLIPPER. American, Reel. USA, Missouri. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was in the repertory of Miller County, central Missouri, fiddler William "Bill" Driver, an African-American fiddler who played over radio station WOS in Jefferson City, the state capitol, and had a reputation as one of the best dance fiddlers in his region. R.P. Christeson recorded Driver playing the tune in 1948 on a wire recording machine. See also the related Missouri reel "Boys Around the World."

Bill Driver as a young man.

Peggy Smith Hake posted this recollection of Driver:

Bill Driver had the unique, God-given talent of a musician. He was very well-learned on the old country fiddle and during his lifetime he won many fiddling contests across the countryside. Often his first-place prize was $25.00 in cash. He was much in demand at Saturday night dances where he played to the delight of his many admirers. Many times he was accompanied by the Howser sisters (Sadie and Slvia) as they picked their flat-top guitars for the lively dances. Bill and the Howsers (including Sadie and Sylvia's blind brother) often played at the local picnics held each summer at Hardy Lollis Park in Iberia.