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(traditional)
(o):Bob Farrell (1834)label:
 "The original Zip Coon". The slightly denigrating Zip Coon uses the same tune (a fiddle tune named Natchez Under The Hill). Bob introduced it in the Bowery Theatre, New York. Ideal for any set of square dances. An Irish descent is not excluded (folktune The Old Rose Tree).
(c):Billy Golden (1891) [for Columbia; oldest recording; recut for Berliner], David Guion (1915) [adapted it for piano and orchestra], Eck Robertson (1920s) , Skillet Lickers (1926) , Peg Leg Howell & Eddie Anthony (1928) [as Turkey Buzzard Blues], Bob Wills (1940s) , Porter Wagoner (1966) , Dock Boggs (1968) , De Danann (1983) , Jibbs (2006) [children's refrain in Chain Hang Low; hit US],
 
Public domain since the first talkies. Therefore synonymous with buccolica. It's in the first Mickey Mouse cartoon Steamboat Willie.
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