Annotation:Eef Got a Coon

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 EEF GOT A COON. AKA - "Uncle Eef Got a Coon." Old-Timey, Breakdown and Song. The tune is sourced to banjo player Wade Ward (1892–1971), of Independence, southwestern Virginia, who was recorded playing it by John Cohen in July, 1961. Ward recited this verse to the tune: The ugliest man I ever saw Came down the road from Arkansas His eyes were red and his cheeks were blue And he's got a wild turkey in his coat tail too. "Uncle Eef got a coon, done gone gone eone gone Uncle Eef got a coon, done gone gone gone  And left me lookin' up a tree".  Source for notated version:  Printed sources:  Recorded sources: Rounder 0241, The Chicken Chokers - "Shoot Your Radio" (1987. Tune learned from Wade Ward).

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