Up in the Batten House
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Up in the Batten House" is an American reel in G major and 4/4 time.<br> The parts are played AA'B.<br> It was collected from Emery Martin in Dunbar, Fayette County, Pa. (near Uniontown and<br> Ohiopyle) by Samuel Bayard in 1946. Emery learned it from his father James Martin.<br> A batten house is sided with board and batten. Board and batten is a siding and paneling<br> style that uses narrow strips of wood placed over the joints of wide boards for a<br> geometric, layered effect.<br> It was printed in Bayard's Dance to the Fiddle (1981).<br> It was recorded by Tamsula and Withers on Up In The Batten House (2011).<br>
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