Annotation:Field Lark

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 FIELD LARK. Old-Time, Breakdown & Song (2/4 time). A Major. AEae tuning (fiddle). AABB. This ditty is sung to the first strain: Daddy shot a field lark, Shot him on the wing;  I got a banjo, ''Listen to it sing. ''  Source for notated version: Arville 'Sandy' Sandusky (Casey County, Kentucky) [Milliner & Koken]. From a field recording made in 1989 by Bruce Green.  Printed sources: Milliner & Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; p. 195.  Recorded sources:

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