Bob Tailed Mule

 BOB TAILED MULE. AKA - "Buckin' Dun." Old-Time, Breakdown. A Major. Standard or AEae tunings (fiddle). AABB. Irregular in the first part, with 10 measures instead of the usual eight. Source for notated version: Larry Shumway [Phillips]. Printed source: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 33. Recorded source: Vigortone Records, Jim & Kim Lansford - "Call Your Dogs" (2003. Learned from a 1943 field recording of Snowflake, Arizona, fiddler Kenner Kartchner).

X:1 T:Bob Tailed Mule M:C L:1/8 R:Reel S:Tom Sauber N:AEae tuning N:From a transcription by John Lamancusa, by permission. See http://www.mne.psu.edu/lamancusa/tunes.htm Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A (AB |: c2) [c2e2] (Bc) c2 | e3 (f e2) (AB | c2) [c2e2] (Bc) B2 | A3 (B A2) (AB | c2) [c2e2] (Bc) c2 | e3 (f e2) ee | f a2 (b a2) f2 | e2c2 (BA)(AB) | c2 (ef) ec B2 |1 A3 (B A2) AB :|2 A3 (B A2) ee || e2c2 BA(AB | c2) (ef e)c B2 |1 A3 (B A2) ee :|2 A3 B A4 ||
 * fa2b a2 fe | fa2b a2e2 | fa2b a2f2 | e3f e3e | fa2b a2f2 |

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