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 Theme code Index    5L112 3555
 Also known as    Dubuque, Old Dubuque, Duck River, Sally in the Green Corn
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    
 Structure    AABB
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 Artist    Biography:Vernon Riddle
 Title of recording    Vernon Riddle: Old-Time Texas Style Fiddle
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Field Recorded Collective FRC120
 Year recorded    2010
 Media    
 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:General Lee T:Dubuque N:From the playing of fiddler Vernon Riddle (1935-2011, Spartanburg, South Carolina), N:recorded in the field in 1993 by Ashley Carder. Riddle learned much of his style and N:repertory from Texas fiddlers while stationed in the state in the service. N:The tune is one of the "Dubuque"/"Duck Creek" tune family M:C| L:1/8 D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/general-lee D:Field Recorded Collective FRC120, "Vernon Riddle: Old-Time Texas Style Fiddle" (2010) Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D B,G,|A,2D2 DFED|FA2B A2(AB/c/|d2)fd BcdB|ABAF (E/F/E) DB,| A,B,DE DFED|FA2B A2(AB/c/|d2)fd BcdB|AGFE D2:| |:FG|A2 d2 B-cd2|fafa e(dBd)|A2 dA BcdB|ABAF (E/F/E) DF| A2 d2 B-cd2|fafa e(dBd)|A2 dA BcdB|AGFE D2:|