Show Notes
As played by August Merrill, Missouri fiddler, and collected by R.P. Christeson. Missouri tunes are often notey, and I suspect with more familiarity, I'd want to simplify this more for banjo ease.
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Source: James E. Frill?s Musick Book, p. 4` top, No. 9 Key - D