Boone County Rag

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 Theme code Index    131H1H 61H63
 Also known as    Black Foot Rag, Dead Slave (The), Fiddler's Hoedown
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    3 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/4
 History    USA(Ozarks/Western Tenn)
 Structure    ABC
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Stephen F. Davis
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:The Devil's Box vol. 28 No. 4
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 13
 Year of publication/Date of MS    Winter 1994
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Boone County Rag N:Transcribed by John Hartford from the 1961 playing of Missouri fiddler Cleo N:Persinger. Hartford played with Persinger when growing up in Missouri in N:the 1950's. "Cleo introduced me to the music of Texas Shorty and was a N:winner at Weiser, Idaho, in 1964." M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stephen F. Davis - The Devil's Box, vol. 28, No. 4, Winter 1994, p. 13 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A c/B/||A/B/c/e/ aa|f/g/a/e/ f/e/c/f/|e/c/e/f/ gg/f/|gg f/e/c/f/| e/c/e/f/ a>a|aa f/g/a/e/|f/e/c/f/ e/c/e/f/|g>g gg|f/e/c/e a2-|a3|| e|f/a/f/e/ d/B/A/d/|B/A/F/B/ A/F/A/B/|c>c cc|c/B/A/c/ B/A/F/A/| d>d dd|d/B/A/d/|B/A/F/B/|A/F/A/B/ c>c|c/c/ B/A/F/A/|d3|| P:"Figure 8 bowing" Fd- dB|d2 Bd|Ec- cB|c2 Bc|Fd- dB|d2 Bd|Ec- cB|c/B/A d2|d>e d2||