Give the Fiddler a Dram
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
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Dance All Night with a bottle in my hand,
Bottle in my hand, bottle in my hand;
Dance All Night with a bottle in my hand,
Just before day give the fiddler a dram.
"Give the Fiddler a Dram" also known as "Fiddler a Dram" and "Fiddler's Dram"<br> is an old-time American breakdown widespread in Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi,<br> North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. It is usually played in G Mixolydian<br> although this version has more F#s than naturals in it so I'm calling it G Major.<br> The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled<br> by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954.<br> It was printed in Brody's Fiddler's Fakebook (1983),<br> Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1 (1994),<br> Silberberg's Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern (2002),<br> Slater's Clawhammer Banjo Solos (1979),<br> Chase's American Folk Tales and Songs (1956) and other sources.<br> The tune of the B part brings to mind "The Sailor's Hornpipe".<br> It was recorded by Gid Tanner & Riley Puckett (78 RPM) (1924),<br> Tennessee Ramblers (78 RPM) (1929),<br> Carter Bros. & Son (78 RPM) (1929),<br> Carter Brothers and Son on Echoes of the Ozarks, vol. 1 (1970),<br> Holy Modal Rounders on Holy Modal Rounders (1964), <br> New Lost City Ramblers on Remembrance of Things to Come (1966),<br> Red Clay Ramblers on Hard Times (1981),<br> Frank Ferrel on Yankee Dreams: Wicked Good Fiddling from New England (1990),<br> Mark Graham on Natural Selections (1987),<br> Dan Gellert & Brad Leftwich on A Moment in Time (1993),<br> Dan Gellert & Brad Leftwich on The Marimac Anthology: Deep in Old-Time Music (1996),<br> Country Cooking on Country Cooking (1971),<br> Gerry Milnes & Lorraine Lee Hammond on Hell Up Coal Holler (1999) and<br> Jim Herd on Old Time Ozark Fiddling (1991).<br>
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