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X:1 T:Texas Picnic S:Warren Helton M:C| L:1/8 D: F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/texas-picnic Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D (3ABc|d2 fg abaf|defd edBA|BcdB AFAB|defd e2fg| aafa- abaf|defd edcA|BcdB AFEF|D2[D4A4]|| (3BcB|A2FD F2Ac|d2[df]f edBd|A2 [FA][DA] [F2A2]DF|GBAG E2BB| A2FG [F2A2] Ac|d2 [d2f2] edcA|BcdB AFED|+slide+[F2A2][D4A4]||

TEXAS PICNIC. American, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune is sourced to fiddler Warren Helton, who learned it from his grandfather, Gib.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Tiny Moore (Swinging Texas Fiddlin' by Tiny Moore with Warren Helton and Vernon Solomon: A Study of Traditional and Modern Breakdown and Hoedown Fiddling), 1982; p. 57.

Recorded sources: - Voyager Records VRCD 377, Howard Marshall - "Play Me Something Quick and Devilish" (2013. Various artists).

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