Annotation:Pretty Saro

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PRETTY SARO. Old-Time, Song. G Major. GDae tuning (fiddle). A widely-known Appalachian song.

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Printed sources:

Recorded sources: Rounder 0421, Bruce Molsky - “Big Hoedown” (1997. Learned in part from North Carolina musician Gaither Carlton, Doc Watson’s father-in-law, with a verse by Jean Richie of Viper, Ky.).

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]




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