Birdie in the Snowbank

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 BIRDIE IN THE SNOWBANK. AKA - "Birdie in a Snowbank." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. From the playing of Lee Stoneking and his son Fred. The tune is derivative of the Irish "Boys of Bluehill," or "Beaux of Oak Hill [1]." A similar Ozark region tune, points out Drew Beisswenger (2008), is Vesta Johnson's "She Ought to Been a Lady." Source for notated version: Fred Stoneking (b. 1933, Missouri) [Beisswenger & McCann]. Printed source: Beisswenger & McCann (Ozark Fiddle Music), 2008; p. 134.

Recorded source: Rounder CD 0381, Fred Stoneking - "Saddle Old Spike" (1996). __NORICHEDITOR__