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 Theme code Index    3H5H5H5H 3H5H3H6H
 Also known as    Weevily Wheat, Willy and Evil, Weavily Wheat
 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    USA(Upland South)
 Structure    AABB'CC'
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Stacy Phillips
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Traditional American Fiddle Tunes vol. 2
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 31
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1995
 Artist    Isham Monday
 Title of recording    I Kind of Believe it's a Gift
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Meriweather Records 1001-2
 Year recorded    1977
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X:1 T:Christmas Eve [4] S:Isham Monday (1879-1964, Monroe County, south-central Kentucky) M:C| L:1/8 N:ADae tuning (fiddle) R:Reel N:Repeat each part four times F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/christmas-eve-2 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D fefa- abag|fefg a2a2|{a}b2ag fdec|dBAF (E/F/E) D2:| |:D2ED{E}F2FE|DFED B,2A,2|D2 ED {E}F2F2|DFDF (E/F/E) D2:|]


X:1 T:Christmas Eve [4] S:Jim Bowles (1903-1993, Rockbridge, Monroe County, Kentucky) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel N:ADae tuning (fiddle) D:Marimac Recordings 9060-C, Jim Bowles - Railroading through the D:Rocky Mountains (1994) F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/christmas-eve Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D +slide+f4a3a-|agfg a2fa|b2a2e2f2|[M:5/4]edBA ED[B,D]C D2 f2a3a| agfg a2fa|b2a2e2+slide+f2|edBA (EF)D2|| +slide+[D2D2][D2D2](EF) D2|(EF)D2 A,A,B,2|D2D2 (EF)D2 | EEFD FE D2| +slide+[D2D2][D2D2](EF) D2|(EF)D2 A,A,B,2|D2D2 (EF)D2 | EEFD FE D2|| D2D2D2D2|EFGD A,A,B,C|D2D2D2D2|DEFE FEDB, A,B,| D2 DE FEFE|DDB,A,- A,B,(3A,/B,/C/|D2D2 DEFD|EDFD EDA,B,| D2 DE FEFE|DDB,A,- A,B,(3A,/B,/C/|D2D2 DEFD|EDFD EDA,B,||


X:3 T: Christmas Eve (4) C: N:From the playing of J.C. Gentle (1915 -1997), long-time resident of Wallowa, N:Oregon, originally from Lime Rock, Alabama. He learned this tune from his mother. Z:V.T. Williams M:C| K:D D3C-D2D2-|DDFD E-FD2|D3E-D2D2-|DFEDB,2A,2| D3C-D2D2-|DDFD E2D2|d3ed2B2-|BdAA F-ED2:| |:a3fa2a2-|abaf ed3|b3ab2b2-|baaf ed3| a3fa2a2-|abaf ed3|f3ed2B2-|BdAA F-ED2:|