"Walking in My Sleep" is an old-time breakdown in G Major. The parts are played AB (Silberberg) or AABB (Phillips). It is known in western North Carolina, southwest Virginia and eastern Kentucky. The tune has been called a Blue Ridge area standard, although Tom Carter and Barry Poss (1977) believe it was a relatively late addition to the traditional fiddler's repertoire of Patrick County, Virginia but it was one that most of the older fiddlers picked up. It is known as a Surry County, North Carolina, regional tune, and was in the repertoire of fiddlers Otis Burris and Esker Hutchins. It was also played by Tommy Jarrell. Fiddler Glenn Smith (1888-1973) played the tune at the 1935 Galax fiddler's convention. The composition of "Walking in My Sleep" has been credited to Tennessee’s Fiddlin’ Arthur Smith, who recorded it in 1930's, but it was recorded as a song by several performers in the 78 RPM era. Mark Wilson is of the opinion "Walking in My Sleep" may have been derived from a Missouri tune called "Brown Leaf Rag". The banjo tablature is from John Letscher who says it's an amalgum of various versions. It was printed in Phillips's Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2 (1995), Silberberg's Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern (2002) and Lamancusa's The Gettysburg Collection of Old-Time Fiddle Tunes (2021) It was recorded Arthur Smith Trio (78 RPM) (1937), Brad Leftwich, Bruce Molsky et al on Mount Airy USA (2001), The Old Virginia Fiddlers on Rare Recordings 1948-49 (1977), Tommy Jarrell on Pickin' on Tommy's Porch (1984), Kirk Sutphin on Old Roots and New Branches (1994), J.P. Fraley on Brandywine '83: Music of French America (1984), Kyle Creed on Blue Ridge Style Square Dance Time (1972) and Curly Ray Cline on Chicken Reel (1971).