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Swamp Cat Rag
Found in Swamp_Cat_Rag
from the Traditional Tune Archive abc collection
X:1
T:Swamp Cat Rag
N:From the playing of fiddlers Lowe Stokes (north Georgia) and Bert
N:Layne, Hoke Rice (gtr.) playing as The Swamp Rooters for one session only (two
N:records: "Swamp Cat Rag" and "Citaco". Nov., 1930. Four tunes ("Gettin' Away",
N:"Hickory Mtn. Breakdown," "Sally Johnson" and "Shoot the Buffalo" were unissued).
M:C|
L:1/8
Q:"Fast"
N:The first strain is sometimes repeated on the recording.
N:GDad tuning (fiddle), drone liberally
D:Document DOCD 8045, "Lowe Stokes, vol. 1" (1999)
D:Brunswick 556 (78 RPM), The Swamp Rooters (1930)
D: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3go3vHHGzAQ
D: https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/swamp-cat-rag
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:G
AB-|BABc d2d2-|dfed +slide+B3A-|BABc d2d2-|dfed +slide+B3A-|
BABc d2d2-|dfed +slide+B3B|dBAF ABAc |BGGG G2||
|:AB-|BBAG EGAc|(B[G2B2])(G [G2B2])Ac|[GB][GB]AG EGAc|B[G,2G2]G [G,2G2][GA]-[GB]-|
[GB]BAG EGAc|(B[G,2G2])G [G,2G2] Bc|dBAG [DA]GAc|B[G2B2]G [G2B2]:|
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