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OLD BLUE TICK, THE. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. G Major: A Major. GDgd or AEae tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title refers to a dog, a Blue Tick Coonhound.

Source for notated version: August Merrill (St. James, Missouri) [Christeson].

Printed sources: R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 2), 1984; p. 73.

Recorded sources:

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear the tune fiddled on youtube.com [2] [3]




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