Stumptailed Dolly
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Stumptailed Dolly", also known as "Stumptown Dolly" or "Dolly" is an American reel in G Major.<br> The parts are played AA'BB.<br> "Dolly" is generally considered a regional eastern Kentucky tune. Jeff Titon (2001) says John<br> Salyer (1882-1952) recorded a similar version of "Dolly" as "Stumptailed Dolly". Salyer lived not far<br> from the home of Titon/Phillip's source, William Hamilton Stepp (1875-1947) and the two played<br> together frequently, sharing some of their respective repertoires. Stepp was recorded for the<br> Library of Congress by the Lomax's in October, 1937.<br> The original title of "Dolly" may or may not have been "Stumptailed Dog" named so by Salyer's<br> father Morgan, who had a bob-tailed dog named Dolly. Other Kentucky fiddlers simply knew the tune<br> as "Dolly".<br> Stump Tailed Dolly has another meaning--it is the slang name for the paddle and dolly tub employed<br> when washing clothes the old-fashioned way.<br> The banjo tablature is by John Letscher. His comments:<br> Mostly from Bruce Molsky, reinspired by Dolly and the Devil. Play fast!<br> It was printed in Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1 (1994) and<br> Titon's Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes (2001).<br> It was recorded by John M. Salyer on Home Recordings 1941-42, vol. 2 (1993),<br> Bruce Molsky & Bob Carlin on Take Me As I Am (2004),<br> The Hoover Uprights on Known by their Reputation (2006),<br> W.H. Stepp (1937) and<br> Jerry O'Sullivan on The Gift (1998).<br>
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