The Fiddler's Drunk and the Fun's All Over
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Fiddler's Drunk and the Fun's All Over" is an old-time breakdown in C Major.<br> Some people say that this tune is a version of "Billy in the Lowground" which is also<br> sometimes played in C (an uncommon key in traditional fiddling). I don't hear it and my<br> version of "Billy in the Lowground" is much different (it is also in G).<br> The title is understandable since, in many mountain communities, the fiddle was the<br> only available instrument to accompany dances. This was certainly true in the 18th and<br> early 19th centuries before the introduction of the banjo and guitar to the rural South.<br> Alan Jabbour transcribed this from the playing of Glen Lyn, Virginia, fiddler<br> Henry Reed. <br> It was recorded by the Hollow Rock String Band on Traditional Dance Tunes (1968). <br> <br>
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