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Lighter Tune Req: Lost Fiddle Tune (13) RE: Tune Req: Lost Fiddle Tune 07 Aug 25

Thanks for your efforts, meself! Am surprised - or not - that today's old-time fiddlers are equally in the dark.

I wouldn't take the Harris "jig" too literally. The word was often used for any kind of one-person dance, especially on the minstrel stage.


What's also wild is that not even the *phrase* "Rack back, Davy!" has survived anywhere.

Another very well-known tune that sort of fits the words is "Black-Eyed Susie." Earliest known mention: 1872, in Indiana.

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