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Turkey Egg
American, Reel. USA; W.Va., southwestern Pa
ARTIST: James Taylor (fiddler from Greene County, Pa., and Wetzel County, W.Va., 1930's) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 6, pg. 19.
CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes
EARLIEST DATE: 1930s
RECORDING INFO:
SOURCES: James Taylor (fiddler from Greene County, Pa., and Wetzel County, W.Va., 1930's) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 6, pg. 19. Kuntz;
NOTES: G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Bayard (1981) collected a rhyme with the tune which went:
Ben stole the turkey‑egg, run around the medder with it,
Throwed it in the creek, and swore he never meddled with it.
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