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FLUTER'S BALL, THE. AKA and see "Phil the Fluter's Ball," "Phil the Fluther's Ball." American (originally Irish), March (4/4 time). USA, southwestern Pa. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The words and music were written by writer Percy French (1854-1920), and soon entered folk tradition, including the fifing tradition as fifers quickly realized its potential as a march (Bayard, 1981).
Source for notated version: Hiram Horner (Westmoreland and Fayette Counties, Pa., 1944) [Bayard].
Printed sources: Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 250, pp. 213-214.
Recorded sources:
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