Ohio archæological and historical publications (1887)
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society · Columbus : Published for the Society by F.J. Heer · leaf 369
er it so that hecould play it, but his fiddle was at home and his best wasby whistling and drumming and otherwise to impress it uponhis memory. The opening of the story represents this Arkansas squat-ter, just returned from his trip to New Orleans, and his firstmove is to get down his fiddle and… … While he is engaged in playing it over and over and overagain, the Arkansas Traveller makes his appearance and theplay begins. So one of the boys would play this in differentkeys and to different time; improvising right and left in it,playing it high and low as a master improvisator could…
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