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T:Old Twenty-Two
T:Old 22
N:From the playing of Lynn "Chirps" Smith (b.1952), from Charles
N:Blee's "Ball Room and Country Dance Music" (1926), Ft. Wayne, Ind.
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
D:Field Recorders Collective FRC 608, "Chirps Smith Home Recordings" (2015)
D:
https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/old-twenty-two
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:C
ED|[C2E2][E2c2] [Ec]B[Ec]d|c2G2E2G2|D2d2 d^cde|d2B2 AGED|
[C2E2][E2c2] [Ec]B[Ec]d|c2G2E2G2|+slide+[A3A3]c B2d2|cBAB c2:|
|:c2|+slide+[e4e4][c3e3][ce]-|[A2e2]G2E2G2|ea2b aged|egab aged|
+slide+[e4e4][c3e3][ce]-|[A2e2]G2E2G2|+slide+[A3A3]c B2d2|cBAB c2:||
OLD TWENTY-TWO. AKA - "Old 22." American, Reel (cut time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). Learned by the Volo Bogtrotters from Paul Tyler, who learned it from a tune book published in Fort Wayne, Indiana, around 1926.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Charles Blee (Ball Room and Country Dance Music), Ft. Wayne, Ind., 1926.
Recorded sources : - Chirps Smith - "Chirps' Home Recordings, vol. 2" (2004)
See also listing at :
Hear the tune at Slippery Hill [1]
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