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DOCTOR, DOCTOR. AKA and see "Dear Doctor." Old-Time, Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Phillips): AABB (Kuntz). This ditty is often sung during the 'A' part of the tune:

Doctor, Doctor, come here quick,
I swallowed my tobacco and its makin' me sick.

Source for notated version: Liz Slade (Yorktown, New York) [Kuntz]; Jere Canote [Phillips].

Printed sources: Kuntz, Private Collection. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), 1994; p. 263.

Recorded sources:

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index [1].

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