Annotation:Throw the Old Cow over the Fence

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THROW THE OLD COW OVER THE FENCE. American, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The source for the tune is the Nashville, Tenn., based Dr. Humphrey Bate & His Possum Hunters, Vocalion recording artists in 1928 and Grand Ole Opry performers. On this recording Bate's fiddler was W.J. "Bill" Barrett, not the usual fiddler with the group, Oscar Stone. Bate was actually a medical doctor, a graduate of Vanderbilt University, veteran of the Spanish-American war, and physician to Sumner County, northeast of Nashville. Although the harmonica-playing Bate died in the mid-1930's, the remainder of the band continued to play on the Opry for several decades.

Dr. Humphrey Bate and His Possum Hunters
See also the related reel "Robertson County."


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Recorded sources: - County 541, Dr. Humphrey Bate and His Possum Hunters - "Nashville: the Early String Bands, vol. 1" (1976). Juneberry CD 4009, Dr. Humphrey Bate & His Possum Hunters - "Classics of Old-Time Music vol. 9." Vocalion 5238 (78 RPM), Dr. Humphrey Bate and His Possum Hunters (1928).

See also listing at:
Hear Dr. Humphrey Bate & His Possum Hunter's 1928 recording at Slippery Hill [1]



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