Annotation:Rubber Dolls

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X:1 % T:Rubber Dolls M:4/4 L:1/8 R:Reel S:"Tunge" Everly (Davistown, Greene County, Pa.) B:Bayard - Dance to the Fiddle, March to the Fife (1981, No. 125) K:G [B2g2]z[Bg][B2g2]e2|d d2d dBGA|B B2B [G4B4]|[G3B3]B[G3B3]B| e e2e e2e2|1 e4 cB A2|[D3d3][Dd][D4d4]|[D6d6]ef:| |2e2 AB cB A2|[G,8G8]-|[G,2G2]||:B2A2G2|([C2E2][G,E2][C2E2][G,2E2]|[C2E2])G2[D2A2][D2B2]| ([G,2D2][B,2D2][G,2D2][B,2D2]|[G,2D2])B2,D2G2|[D3d3]^c[D3d3]c|1 [D2d2]cB Ac| [G3B3][FA][G4d4]-|[G2B2]:||[Dd] cBA2[D2B2]|[G,8G8]-|[G,2G2]z2z2z2||



RUBBER DOLLS [2]. American, Two-Step (?). USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The 'B' part is recognizably the main phrase of the standard "Rubber Dolly (1)" tune.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - John Filby (elderly fiddler from Greene County, Pa., 1947; learned from fiddler "Tunge" Everly, Greene County) [Bayard].

Printed sources : - Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 125, p. 69.

Recorded sources: -



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