Annotation:Sadie at the Back

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SADIE AT THE BACK DOOR. AKA - "Sadie at the Backdoor." American, Reel (cut time). D Major. ADae tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Composed by Seattle old-time musician Jere Canote, originally written as a banjo tune. Sadie was a cat whose habit was invariably to go out by the front door, but only return through the back.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : -

Recorded sources: - Buzzard Buz 1004, Boiled Buzzards - "Early Bird Special" (1994). CCF2, Cape Cod Fiddlers – “Concert Collection II” (1999). Rooster Records, Sandy Bradley & the Small Wonder String Band. Rounder 0172, Bob Carlin - "Where did You get that Hat?" (1982).

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
See John Lamancusa's standard notation transcription [2].



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