Black Cat in the Briar Patch

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 BLACK CAT IN THE BRIAR PATCH. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, West Virginia. G Major ('A' part) & C Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Krassen): AA'BB (Phillips). Phillips reverses the two parts of the tune from Krassen. The melody is 'crooked', or irregular, as it has an extra beat at the end of the 'A' part.. Sources for notated versions: Melvin Wine (b. 1909), learned from his father Bob (Braxton County, W.Va.) [Krassen]; Armin Barnett (Seattle) [Phillips]. Printed sources: Krassen (Masters of Old Time Fiddling), 1983; p. 49. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 28. __NORICHEDITOR__