Annotation:Bummer's Reel (2)

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BUMMER'S REEL [2]. AKA and see "Fletcher's Delight." Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A different tune than "Bummer's Reel (1)," from the playing of Vermont fiddler Elmer Barton, recorded for the Library of Congress by Alan Lomax in 1939. Barton was also a singer, visited in the mid-20th century by ballad collectors.

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Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes vol. 1), 1994; p. 42.

Recorded sources: Philo 1040, Jay Ungar & Lyn Hardy - "Catskill Mountain Goose Chase" (1977. Learned from a Library of Congress recording by Elmer Barton of Quechee, Vermont). Library of Congress L-62, Elmer Barton. Library of Congress AFS L62, Elmer Barton - "Folk Music Of The United States: American Fiddle Tunes From The Archive Of Folk Song" (1971). Rounder 1518, Elmer Barton - "American Fiddle Tunes: The Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture."

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