Good Indian (Thede)

Good Indian

Good Indian

Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Oklahoma.

ARTIST: Albert Black (Comanche County, Oklahoma)

CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes DATE: 1900’s

RECORDING INFO: Deseret String Band. Young Fogies, Heritage (Galax) 056, LP (198?), cut# 8a OTHER NAMES:???

SOURCES: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol. 1, 1994; pg. 100. Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 30. Black, Albert. Fiddle Book, Oak, Bk (1967), p 30; Kuntz, Fiddler's Companion, http://www.ceolas.org/tunes/fc;

NOTES: "G Major. Standard. AABB. Versions by Albert Black [Thede]; Tom Carter & Tom Sauber [Phillips]." (Kuntz, Fiddler's Companion, http://www.ceolas.org/tunes/fc).

LYRICS: 

Oh, Good Indian don't kill me,
For I've a wife and familee. (Sung to first four measures).