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O DEAR MOTHER MY TOES ARE SORE [3]. American, Jig. USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB. The first part appears to be a triple time form of "Buffalo Gals."
Source for notated version: Thomas Patterson (fiddler from Elizabeth, Pa., 1930's) [Bayard].
Printed sources: Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 454, pp. 438-439.
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