Annotation:Dying Coon (The)

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 DYING COON, THE. Old-Time, Fiddle Tune. USA, southwest Alabama. The tune, an improvised number, was played by African-American fiddler Jin Pritchett of Marengo County, Alabama, a slave, as recalled by Alfred Benners in Slavery and Its Results (1923) {Cauthen, 1990}.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources:  Recorded sources:

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