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Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection
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Item Title
Betty Likens
Alternate Title(s)
Granny Put the Kettle On
Henry Reed's Favorite
Author/Creator
Collector: Jabbour, Alan
Performer: Reed, Henry; fiddle
Created/Published
October 28, 1967
Reed family home, Glen Lyn, Virginia (Giles County)
Notes
Henry Reed was hesitant about the title to this striking old tune, for he recorded it twice and came up with a different title each time. Nothing is known about the tune's history, but it was learned by the Hollow Rock String Band and entered the modern old-time music revival through their recording (Kanawha 311).
Title change: The title appeared in the fieldnotes as "Betty Likins."
Key: A
Meter: 4/4
Strains: 2 (high-low, 2-4)
Rendition: 1-2r-1r-2r
Phrase Structure: AB QRQS (abac qrst qrsc)
Compass: 11
Spoken: ALAN JABBOUR: That's a nice tune./HENRY REED: Yeah. I don't know the name of it. It's old, though./WOMAN: Ma'am. Okay. Daddy, you all want to be washed up for supper./HENRY REED: Huh?
Recording chronology: 170
Duration: 1 minute, 12 seconds
Subject
Breakdowns
Reels
Fiddle tunes
Instrumentals--fiddle
Ethnography
Music
United States--Virginia--Giles County--Glen Lyn
Object Type
Medium
sound recording
Language
English
Call Number
AFC LWO 5379 reel 3B, AFS 13705B:18
Digital ID
afcreed 13705b18
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afcreed.13705b18