Annotation:Hog House Rag

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 HOG HOUSE RAG. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Mo. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Source Vesta Johnson learned the tune from her uncle Clarence Wilson (Chula, Missouri), and it seems unique to the family (although Mark Wilson posits a possible link with "Jeff City"). See also the related "Jake Gillie."  Source for notated version: Vesta Johnson (b. 1922, Missouri) [Beisswenger & McCann].  Printed sources: Beisswenger & McCann (Ozarks Fiddle Music), 2008; p 71.  Recorded sources: Marimac 9017, Vesta Johnson (Mo.) - "Down Home Rag" (1988)

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