Ladies on the Steamboat
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Ladies on the Steamboat", also known as "Tug Boat" or "Lady on a Steamboat" is an<br> old-time breakdown known in Nebraska, Missouri and Kentucky in G Major. The parts are played<br> AB (Lamancusa, Rutherford), AABB (Beisswenger & McCann, Phillips, Titon).<br> It was a favorite tune of Blind Ed Haley, influential fiddler from northeastern Kentucky. <br> There are some similarities to "Steamboat ‘Round the Bend" and close similarities to<br> Nebraska fiddler Bob Walters’ "Ladies Round the Bend" and "Po’ Black Sheep".<br> It was printed in<br> Beisswenger & McCann's Ozark Fiddle Music (2008),<br> R.P. Christeson's Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 2 (1984),<br> Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1 (1994),<br> Titon's Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes (2001),<br> It was recorded by <br> Burnett & Rutherford (1927),<br> The Kessinger Brothers in 1929 under the title "Tugboat",<br> Clyde Davenport on Clydeoscope: Rare and Beautiful Tunes from the Cumberland Plateau (1986),<br> Gregory & Davenport on Monticello: Tough Mountain Music from Southern Kentucky (1974),<br> Bob Carlin on Where Did You Get That Hat? (1982),<br> Lonnie Robertson on Lonnie’s Breakdown (1996),<br> Ramblin' Reckless Hobo: The Songs of Dick Burnett and Leonard Rutherford (1970).<br>
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