Annotation:Fanny Hill (1)

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 FANNY/FANNIE HILL. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; southwestern Va., south-western Ky. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB (Titon): AABB (Phillips). 'Revival' sources are from Galax, Va., fiddler John Patterson. Jeff Titon says the Phelps/Butler version is closely related to one of the "Cumberland Gap" versions.  Source for notated version: John Patterson [Phillips]; Jake Phelps {1885-1977} and Street Butler {1904-1977} (Pea Ridge, Todd County, south-western Ky. 1965) [Titon].  Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), 1994; p. 82. Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 37, p. 70.  Recorded sources: Heritage Records V, John Patterson (et al) - "Old Time Music from Coal Creek" (1975). Rounder 0058, John Rector - "Old Originals, vol. 2" (1978).  See also listing at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music: An Index to Recorded Sources

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