Annotation:Duck River

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 DUCK RIVER. AKA and see "Dubuque," "Old Dubuque," "General Lee," "Sally in the Green Corn." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Magoffin County, Ky. D Major. Standard or ADae tunings (fiddle). AABB. Jeff Titon (2001) says the specific "Duck River" tune seems to be particular to the Salyer family, although it is part of a fairly common tune family. Titon says the tune family to which "Duck River" belongs also includes "Ma Ferguson," "Nancy Dawson [2]," "Nancy Dalton," and "Hell Up Coal Holler [2]." See also "Possum Up a Gum Stump."

 Sources for notated versions: John Salyer (1882-1952, Salyersville, Magoffin County, Ky., 1941) [Phillips, Titon]; Alan Garren (Portland, Oregon) who learned it from the Bruce Greene recording [Songer].  Printed sources: S. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 2: Occasional Collection of Old-Timey Fiddle Tunes for Hammer Dulcimer, Fiddle, etc.), 1982 (revised 1988, 2003); p. 8. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 45. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 67. Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 35, p. 68.  Recorded sources: Bruce Greene - "Vintage Fiddle Tunes." Berea College Appalachian Center AC003, John M. Salyer - "Home Recordings 1941-42, vol. 1" (1993).  See also listing at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources

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