Long-Eared Mule (The)

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 Theme code Index    3H3H1H1H 5513
 Also known as    Flop Eared Mule (1), Lop-Eared Mule
 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
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Don Messer
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Way Down East
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 24
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1948
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Long-Eared Mule, The M:C| L:1/8 K:D A2|^e2f2c2d2|ABAF D2F2|EDEF GECE|DEFG A4| ^e2f2 c2d2|ABAF D2F2|EDEF GABc|d2f2d2z2:| K:A c>d|:efec efec|efec A2c2|BABc dBGE|ABcd e2cd| efec efec|efec A2c2|BABc defg|a2a2a2z2:|]


X: 1 T: 56. THE LOP-EARED MULE B: Sam Bayard, "Hill Country Tunes" 1944 #56 S: Played by Robert Crow, Claysville, PA, Sept 13, 1943. Learned in that region. R: reel M: 4/4 L: 1/8 Z: 2010 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> %%slurgraces F:http://jc.tzo.net/~jc/music/book/HillCountryTunes/HillCountryTunes.abc K: G g2- |\ g2b2 d2c2 | ((3BcB) A2 G4 | FGAB c2^/F2 | GABc d2g2- | g2b2 d2c2 | ((3BcB) A2 G4 | FGAB "a."cAFA | "b."G2BA G2 :| |:[K:D] {EFG}A2 |[a2A2][a2A2] [a3A3]g | f2d2 d2ef | g2G2 B2c2 | ed^/cB A2 "c."((3EFG) | [a2A2][a2A2] [a3A3]g | f2d2 d2ef | g2 ((3fgf) e2ce | f2[f2d2] [f2d2] |] P: Var: "a."c2F2 || "b."G3G G2 || "c"((3FFG) |] y8 y8 y8 y8 y8 y8