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RAT CHEER. American, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed in breakdown style by Vermont fiddler Pete Sutherland. Some fiddlers believe the title to be a rendering of “Right Here” in thick Southern drawl.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Sutherland (Bareface), 1984; p. 20.

Recorded sources: Rounder 0172, Bob Carlin – “Where Did You Get That Hat?” (1982).




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