Annotation:Jim's Polka

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JIM'S POLKA. Canadian, Polka. G Major ('A' part) & C Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB. Composed by Don Messer. American western swing musician Bill Boyd also released a "Jim's Polka" (written by his brother, Jim) as a single in 1946.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 102, p. 65.

Recorded sources: Apex Records AL1639, Don Messer - "The Don Messer Quartet plays Country Music" (1965)




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