"Coming Through the Canebreak", also known as "Coming Through the Canebrake (To Shoot The
Buffalo)" is an American reel in D major.
There is very little information available on this tune. I found it on the website tune list of San Diego Contra Dance. Some sites link it to an Illinois fiddler named Mel Durham who came from a musical family who had a family band called the Wayne County Apple Knockers in the 1930's. There is a youtube video of Mel Durham playing this tune. The first phrase reminds me of the children's nursery song "Go In and Out the Windows". I tracked it down on http://www.folktunefinder.com/. |