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JONAH IN THE WINDSTORM. American, Reel (cut or 2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB'.

Source for notated version: Glen Fannin (1901-1978, formerly of Magoffin County, Kentucky, then resident in North Fairfield, Ohio) [Milliner & Koken].

Printed sources: Milliner & Koken (Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes), 2011; pp. 348-349.

Recorded sources:

See also listing at:
Hear banjo player Casey Helton (Floyd County, Ky.) play the tune in 1977, recorded by Bruce Green, at Berea Digital Content [1]
Hear the tune fiddled by Casey Helton, recorded in 1977 by Bruce Green, at Berea Digital Content [2]
Hear fiddler Glenn Fannin's 1977 field recording (Bruce Green) at Berea Digital Content [3] and Slippery Hill [4]




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