Old Cow Crossing the Road
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Old Cow Crossing the Road", also known as "Old Cow Crossed the Road"<br> is an American country rag or polka in C Major ('A' part) & F Major ('B' part).<br> The piece seems to have derived from a song tune and is associated with western Virginia<br> (Galax) and northwestern N.C. fiddlers. A tune by this name was in the repertoire of Galax,<br> Virginia, fiddler Herbert Higgins in the 1930's, later recorded by Bert Edwards of<br> Mt. Airy, N.C..<br> Samuel Bayard's Pennsylvania-collected<br> "The Old Cow Crossed the Road"<br> is a close variant<br> as is the New York-collected "Pop Weir Tune".<br> It was printed in Lamancusa's The Gettysburg Collection of Old-Time Fiddle Tunes (2021).<br> It was recorded by Kirk Sutphin on Fiddlin' Around (1993),<br> The Lundy Family on Back in Galax Again (1992),<br> The New Southern Cowtippers on Old Bell Cow (2006) and<br> Bert Edwards on Bert's Bambaree: Old-time Fiddle Pieces (c. 1988).<br>
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