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Annotation:Sugar Betty Ann (1)
X:1 T:Sugar Betty Ann [1] M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel N:AEae tuning—retune, then finger as if in standard tuning S:Ford – Traditional Music in America (1940) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A [D/A/][D/B/]|[Dc>][DB] [D/c/][D/B/][D/A/][D/B/]|[D/c/][D/B/][D/A/]E/ [G,D][D/A/][D/B/]|[D/c/][D/B/][D/A/]E/ [G,D][B,D]|[G,/D/][DA][D/B/] [DA][D/A/][D/B/]| [D/c/>][DB] [D/c/][D/B/][D/A/][D/B/]|[D/c/][D/B/][D/A/]E/ [G,2D2]|[G,/D/]B,/[G,/D/]E/ [G,/D][D/A/][D/B/]|[D/c/][D/A/][D/B/][D/c/] [DA]:| |:[Ae][A/e/]f/ [A/e/]c/[D/A/]c/|[A/e/]f/[A/e/]c/ [A2e2]|[A/e][A/e/]f/ [A/e/]c/[D/A/]B/|[D/c/][D/A/][D/B/][D/c/] [DA]| [Ae][A/e/]f/ [A/e/]c/[D/A/]c/|[A/e/]f/[A/e/]c/ [A2e2]|[Ae](f/g/) .a[A.e]|[D/c/][D/A/][D/B/][D/c/] [DA]:||
SUGAR BETTY ANN [1]. AKA - "Sugar Betsy Ann." AKA and see "Pretty Polly Ann (2)." American, Reel (2/4 time). A Major. AEae tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozarks Mountains fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954.
