Annotation:I've Got a Grandpa

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 I'VE GOT A GRANDPA. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. A Dorian. AEae tuning. AB. Jeff Titon (2001) describes this tune as a variant of "Barlow Knife (1)." These lyrics were sometimes sung to the tune, according to Mark Wilson: I've got a grandpa, bless his old soul; All he wants is a peter in the hole.  Source for notated version: Alva Greene (Sandy Hook, Elliot County, Ky., 1973) [Titon].  Printed sources: Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 71, p. 101.  Recorded sources: Rounder 0376, Alva Greene (et al) - "Traditional Fiddle Music of Kentucky, vol. 1: Up the Ohio and Licking Rivers" (1997).

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