Bumblebee on a Gourd Vine
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Bumblebee on a Gourd Vine", also known as "Bumblebee in the Gourd Vine"<br> is an American reel in cut time and A Major. It is played in AEac# fiddle<br> tuning. The parts are played AA'BBCC.<br> The bees that are major pollinators of gourd and squash plants are<br> squash bees or squash and gourd bees,two related genera of bees that resemble<br> bumblebees more than honeybees.<br> The tune was in the repertoire of famed Texas fiddler Benny Thomasson<br> (1909-1984) of Dallas-Ft. Worth.<br> It was recorded by Benny Thomasson on Benny Thomasson - Legendary Texas<br> Fiddler, 1966-1969 (2005) and Country Fiddling from the Big State (1970) and<br> Megan Lynch Chowning & Adam Hurt on Inside Out (2016).<br>
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