X:1
T:Stranger on a Mule
N:From the playing of Elzie Estes (Warren County, Ky.), recorded in 1973
N:by Bruce Greene.
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/stranger-mule
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:G
[G,2G2]BB ddee|gfee c2c2|D2DD FFAA|GFGB d2D2|
[G,2G2]BB ddee|gfee c2c2|D2DD FFAA|1GBAG G2G2:|2G2B2G2||
e2-|gfgg ggag|ggee c2cA|D2 FF AABA|GABc d2de|
gfgg ggag|ggee c4|D2 FF AABA |G2B2G2:|]
STRANGER ON A MULE. American, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Stranger on a Mule" comes from the repertoire of fiddler Elzie Estes (Warren County, south-central Kentucky), recorded in the field in 1973 by Bruce Greene. The story goes that young Estes and a friend who were both trying to learn to play the fiddle were out tending crops in the fields when they heard the tune being whistled by a passerby riding a mule, and followed him long enough to memorize the tune.
Additional notes Source for notated version : - Denny Reid [Silberberg].
Printed sources : - Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 151.
See also listing at : Hear Elzie Estes field recording by Bruce Greene at Slippery Hill [1]
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