Annotation:Sandhill Breakdown (1)
X:1 T:Sandhill Breakdown [1] M:C| L:1/8 S:Calude Safert (Okla.) B:Thede - The Fiddle Book (1967) K:G (A|:B)ABB BABB|BGBB [G2B2]Ac|[GB]G[G2B2][[G2c2][G2B2]|{F}[A3A3]A [A4A4]| AFAA ABAG| FAAA A3e|g>age dcBA|1 [G3B3][GB][G2B2][Ad]c:|2 [G3B3][GB][G3B3]e|| [B2g2]ga [B2g2]d2|[B2g2]ga [B2g2]d2|[B2g2]ga b2b2|{c}[e3e3]e [e4e4]| [ce]c[ce][ce] [ce][de][ce][Ae]|[ce]c[ce][ce] [c3e3]e|g>age dcBA|}[G3B][GB][G4B4]!D.C.!:|
SANDHILL BREAKDOWN. Old Time, Breakdown. USA, Oklahoma. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. There are numerous sand hills in eastern Oklahoma, found on the north side of rivers, the result of deposits from the Rocky Mountains and the action of winds from the south. There is also a rural community called Sand Hills in Muskogee County, east-central Oklahoma. Further west, in Canadian County, Oklahoma, there occurred a skirmish in 1875, the last uprising of the southern Plains Indian tribes when a band of Cheyenne, led by Black Horse, escaped their imprisonment and took refuge in a large tree-covered sand hill where they had hidden some weapons. The army charged their position and were repeatedly repulsed, until they resorted to the use of a rapid-fire gatling gun that surpassed the Native American fire. During nightfall the Cheyenne escaped during a thunderstorm, and the event has come to be known as the Sand Hill Fight.