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OLD BALL. AKA - "Baldy." Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.

There was an ol' hoss, his name was Ball.
Nothing in the world could make him stall.
You'd crack your whip and cry out: "Ball",
Out comes wagon, team and all. ... (Ford)


Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; p. 88.

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