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