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Flop Eared Mule (1)
X: 1 T:Flop-Eared Mule [1] R:Reel M:2/4 L:1/16 Z:Bruce Osborne K:D A2|^e2f2 c2d2|ABAF D2F2|EDEF GECE|DEFG A4| ^e2f2 c2d2|ABAF D2F2|EDEF GABc|d2f2 d2:| K:A |:cd|efec efec|efec A2c2|BABc dBGE|ABcd e2cd| efec efec|efec A2c2|BABc defg|[c2a2][c2a2] [c2a2]:||
X:1
T:Lop-Eared Mule (The)
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Robert Crow (Claysville, Pa, 1943), "learned in the region".
B:Bayard -- Hill Country Tunes (1944, No. 56)
K:G
(g2|g2)b2 d2c2|(3BcB A2 G4|FGAB c2F2|GABc d2(g2|
g2)b2d2c2|(3BcB A2 G4|FGAB cAFA|G2 BA G2:||
K:D
|:{E/F/G/}A2|[A2a2][A2a2][A3a3]g|f2d2d2 ef|g2G2B2c2|edcB A2 (3EFG|
[A2a2][A2a2][A3a3]g|f2d2d2 ef|g2 (3fgf e2 ce|f2 [d2f2][d2f2]:||
X:1
T:Flop Eared Mule [1]
M:2/4
L:1/8
N:Transcribed by Annabel Morris Buchanan on Aug. 12, 1931, from the
N:playing of fiddler Frank Blevins (1911-2001, Asche County, N.C.)
B:Stephen F. Davis - Devil's Box, vol. 32, No. 2, Summer 1998 (p. 19)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
P:A
{defga}bb {g}g>e|d/e/d/c/ B/G/-G|A/F/A/B/ c/B/A|1 G/A/B/c/ d2:|2 G2z2!fine!||
P:B
|:{fg}a2-a>a|a/b/a/g/ f/{e}d>f|e/c/e/f/ g/f/e|1d/e/f/g/ a2:|2[d2f2][d2f2]||
P:B'
{fg}a2- a>a|a/b/a/g/ f/e/d/>f/|e/>c/e/>f/ g/f/e|d/e/f/g/ a2|
{fg}a2-a>a|a/b/a/g/ f2|aa b^c'|b3z!D.C.!||
X:1
T:Flop Eared Mule [1]
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:"South Georgia Style."
N:Transcribed by Frank Maloy from the playin of 'uncle' Jospeh Henry Bullington,
N:a family friend and fiddler who would visit periodiclly in the 1940's.
N:Parts reversed from the way usually played
B:Stephen F. Davis - Devil's Box, vol. 28, No. 2, Summer 1994 (p. 42)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
f/g/|:"D"aa/f/ aa/f/|a/b/a/g/ f/e/d/B/|"A7"A/B/c/d/ e/g/f/e/|"D"d/e/f/g/ af/g/|
"D"a/b/a/f/ a/b/a/f/|a/b/a/g/ f/e/d/B/|"A7"A/B/c/d/ e/g/f/e/|1"D"d[d/f/][d/f/] [df][d/f/][d/f/]:|2 d/e/d/A/ =c/d/c/e/||
K:G
b/a/b/a/ g/a/g/e/|d/e/d/c/ B/A/G/E/|"D7"D/E/F/G/ A/c/B/A/|"G"G/A/B/c/ d/e/g/a/|
"G"b/a/b/a/ g/a/g/e/|d/e/d/c/ B/A/G/E/|"D7"D/E/F/G/ A/c/B/A/|1"G"G[G/B/][G/B/] [GB]g/a/:|2"G"G[G/B/][G/B/] [GB]||
X:1
T:Grapevine Twist (4)
B:E.F. Adam "Old Time Fiddlers Favorite Barn Dance Tunes," St. Louis, 1928
M:2/4
K:D
ag|fgfe dedB|ABAF DFED|CDEF GEFE|DEFG A2 ag|
fgfe dedB|ABAF DFED|CDEF GABc|d2de d2:|
K:A
cd|efec efec|efec AcBA|GABc dBcB|ABcd e2cd|
efec efec|efec AcBA|GABc defg|a2ab a2:|
