Hello! Ask me (almost) anything about traditional music.
Annotation:Long-Eared Mule (The)
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:|]
LONG-EARED MULE, THE. AKA and see "Flop Eared Mule (1)" and variations. American ; Breakdown. USA; Virginia, Mississippi. D Major ('A' part) & A Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. In the repertoire of southwestern Virginia and some Mississippi fiddlers under this title, and also appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954. It was recorded by Herbert Halpert in 1939 for the Library of Congress from the playing of Mississippi fiddler John Hatcher. Canadian radio and TV fiddler Don Messer picked up the tune from American sources.