Annotation:Drunkard's Dream (1)

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 DRUNKARD'S DREAM [1]. AKA- "The Husband's Dream" (England). Old-Time; Tune and song (3/4 time). USA; Oklahoma, Missouri. A Major. AEac# tuning (fiddle). AABB. The words below are from Missouri: Oh, Edward you look so happy now You dress so neat and clean I never see you drunk about Pray tell me where you've been. Your wife and family air they well You once did use them strange You have kinder to them grown How come this happy change Cho: How come this happy change You have kinder to them grown How come this happy change    (Thede) More verses in Thede.  Source for notated version: the Collins family (Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma) [Thede].  Printed sources: Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pp. 56-57.  Recorded sources:

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