Annotation:Fiddling Around
X:1 T:Fiddlin' Around C:Ruel Parker L:1/8 M:2/4 B:Devil's Box vol. 21, No. 3, Fall 1987, p. 24. N:Transcribed by Frank Maloy based on a 1953 recording of a radio N:broadcast by the band Swingbillies, with Ruel Parker on fiddle. K:C A/_B/ | =B/g/^f/g/ a/g/f/g/ | =f/d/B/G/ D/B,/G, | E/E/c/E/ E/d/E/E/ | _d/E/E/c/ E/E/A/_B/ | =B/g/^f/g/ a/g/f/g/|=f/d/B/G/ D/B,/G,|E/E/c/E/ E/d/E/E/|c/E/E/d/ E/E/c/e/| f/e/f/g/ a/g/f/e/|c/_bg/ a/g/e/f/|g/e/f/g/ e/c/d/B/|c3:| |:(B|B/)B/g/B/ B/a/B/B/|_a/B/B/=a/ B/B/g/B/|c/c/g/c/ c/a/c/c/|_b/c/c/a/ c/c/g/c/| B/B/g/B/ B/a/B/B/|_a/B/B/=a/ B/B/g/B/|c/c/g/c/ c/a/c/c/|_b/c/c/a/ c/c/g/e/| f/e/f/g/ a/g/f/e/|c/_bg/ a/g/e/f/|g/e/f/g/ e/c/d/B/|c3:||
FIDDLING AROUND. American, Reel (2/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB' (Brody): AA'BB' (Bohrer/Kilbler). Adirondack mountains fiddler Vic Kibler thought that Vermont fiddler Clem Myers might have written this tune, and Frank Maloy, writing in The Devil's Box, says it was composed by his friend, southeastern United States fiddler Ruel Parker. It is often credited to swing fiddler Johnny Gimble, whose recording of the tune is much admired.
