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X:1 T:Money and Corn N:Recorded by Bob Christeson from the playing of African- N:American fiddler Bill Driver (1881-1986, Miller County, N:central Missouri), M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:Univ. of Missouri Press, Bill Driver - "Old Time Fiddlers D:Repertory" (1976) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/money-and-corn B:Christeson - Old Time Fiddler's Repertory vol. 1 (1973, No. 77, p. 58) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D AG|F2AB A2F2|G2Bc B2A2|F2 AB A2Bc|d2FFE2D2| F2AB A2FF|G2Bc B2A2|FABA A2 Bc|d2FFE2D2|| fgfe d2ef|g2f2 e2c2|d2d2 ABAc |d2F2E2 D2| fgfe d2ef|g2f2 e4-|e2a2 fafe |[d3f3][df] [d2f2]||

MONEY AND CORN. American, Reel (2/4 or cut time). USA, Missouri. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle) . AABB. A derivative of "Wind that Shakes the Barley (1) (The)" that Christeson though was of "no great merit." He said it was played by "most fiddlers around Dixon, Missouri." 'Corn' in the title may or may not refer to corn whisky.

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Bill Driver (1881-1986, Miller County, central Missouri) [Christeson].

Printed sources : - R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; p. 58.

Recorded sources : - Univ. of Missouri Press, Bill Driver - "Old Time Fiddler's Repertory" (1976. Various artists).

See also listing at :
Hear Missouri fiddler John White (born 1936 in a farmhouse near Ethel in Macon County, Missouri) play the tune at Voyager Records [1]
<Hear Bill Driver's field recording at Slippery Hill [2]

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