Buzzard in a Pea Patch

BUZZARD IN A PEA PATCH. AKA and see "Turkey in a Pea Patch." Old-Time, Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune is traced to Kentucky fiddler Buddy Thomas, who recorded it as "Turkey in a Pea Patch" on his influential "Kitty Puss" album. The use of "Buzzard" in the title is apparently from the Stonekings.

Source for notated version: Glenn Berry [Silberberg]; Fred Stoneking (b. 1933, Missouri), learned from Buddy Thomas (Kentucky) [Beisswenger & McCann].

Printed source: Beisswenger & McCann (Ozarks Fiddle Tunes), 2008; p. 136. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 19.

Recorded source: Rounder CD 0381, Fred Stoneking - "Saddle Old Spike" (1996).

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Theme code Index	5313 5531
Also known as	Turkey in a Pea Patch
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Gene Silberberg
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern
Tune and/or Page number	p. 19
Year of publication/Date of MS	2002
Artist	Fred Stoneking
Title of recording	Saddle Old Spike
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Rounder CD 0381
Year recorded	1996
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