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CLIMB THE GOLDEN STAIRS. Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Though the titles are similar, the melodic material for this tune and the minstrel piece "Climbing Up the Golden Stair" is quite different.

Source for notated version: Jere Canote [Phillips].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 54.

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