Uncle Abe's Tune

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 Theme code Index    51H53 15L13
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 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Abram R. Parslow, Biography:Ermina Pincombe
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    March/Marche, Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    USA(Great Lakes/Northern Tier)
 Structure    AABB
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X:1 T:Uncle Abe's Tune N:From a 2007 field recording of the playing of Saratoga County, N.Y., fiddler N:Ermina Pincombe (1930-2014). Dave Ruch says she had it "from her N:great uncle Abram R. Parslow as an untitled tune. Family lore had it that Uncle N:Abe learned it down south during the Civil War and brought it back to N:Speculator, NY, in the Adirondacks afterwards. Vic Kibler's uncle Lukie N:learned the tune from Uncle Abe and Vic played a version of it as "Uncle Lukie's." M:C| L:1/8 Q:"Quick" Z:Andrew Kuntz K:D AB||SA2d2A2FE|D2A,2D2FF|E2 EE EEGG|F2DDF2(AB| A2)d2A2 FE|D2A,2D2FF|E2E2 EEFE|D2 DD D2:| AB|:A2d2d2d2|AAA2d2f2|g2ee c2ee|eef2 a2f2| d2 dA d2dd |AA A2d2f2|g2ee B2c2|d4 d3BS:|