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3H3H1H1H 5513
Also known as
Flop Eared Mule (1) , Lop-Eared Mule
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
2/2
History
Structure
AABB
Editor/Compiler
Don Messer
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Way Down East
Tune and/or Page number
No. 24
Year of publication/Date of MS
1948
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score 1 )
X:1
T:Long-Eared Mule, The
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
A2|^e2f2c2d2|ABAF D2F2|EDEF GECE|DEFG A4|
^e2f2 c2d2|ABAF D2F2|EDEF GABc|d2f2d2z2:|
K:A
c>d|:efec efec|efec A2c2|BABc dBGE|ABcd e2cd|
efec efec|efec A2c2|BABc defg|a2a2a2z2:|]
Sheet Music for "The Long-Eared Mule" The Long-Eared Mule
X: 1
T: 56. THE LOP-EARED MULE
B: Sam Bayard, "Hill Country Tunes" 1944 #56
S: Played by Robert Crow, Claysville, PA, Sept 13, 1943. Learned in that region.
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
Z: 2010 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
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F:
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K: G
g2- |\
g2b2 d2c2 | ((3BcB) A2 G4 | FGAB c2^/F2 | GABc d2g2- |
g2b2 d2c2 | ((3BcB) A2 G4 | FGAB "a."cAFA | "b."G2BA G2 :|
|:[K:D] {EFG}A2 |[a2A2][a2A2] [a3A3]g | f2d2 d2ef | g2G2 B2c2 | ed^/cB A2 "c."((3EFG) |
[a2A2][a2A2] [a3A3]g | f2d2 d2ef | g2 ((3fgf) e2ce | f2[f2d2] [f2d2] |]
P: Var:
"a."c2F2 || "b."G3G G2 || "c"((3FFG) |] y8 y8 y8 y8 y8 y8
Sheet Music for "56. THE LOP-EARED MULE" 56. THE LOP-EARED MULE reel 3 a. b. 3 c. 3 3 Var: a. b. c 3 Book: Sam Bayard, "Hill Country Tunes" 1944 #56 Source: Played by Robert Crow, Claysville, PA, Sept 13, 1943. Learned in that region. Transcription: 2010 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
