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X:1 T:Walk along John to Kansas M:2/8 L:1/8 R:Reel S:Kenneth Kartchner B:Shumway - Frontier Fiddler (1990, p. 271) K:A (A3G)|:([FA]G)(AB) A3[FA]|[E2A2]([A2E2][A4E4])|[E2B2](Bc) [E2B2][EB][EA]|...

WALK ALONG JOHN TO KANSAS. AKA and see "Little Rabbit," "Rabbit Where's Your Mammy? (2). Old Time, Breakdown. USA, Arizona. A Major. AEae or AEac# tunings (fiddle). AA'BB'. Arizona fiddler Kartchner identified the tune as having come from the South. "Walk along John to Kansas was recorded in the field by Alan Lomax (1867-1948) from the playing of Frank Goodwyn (1911-2001, guitar) and Mrs. F.E. Goodwyn (fiddle), of Hebbronville, Texas, in 1941.

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Kenner C. Kartchner (Arizona) [Shumway].

Printed sources : - Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 193. Shumway (Frontier Fiddler), 1990; p. 271.

Recorded sources : - County 2730, Rafe Stefanini – “Glory on the Big String.”

See also listing at :
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear versions played on youtube.com [2] [3] [4]
See John Lamancusa's standard notation transcription [5]

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