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“The Hanged Fiddler Legend in Anglo-American Tradition.”

Wilgus, D.K. Folklore on Two Continents: Essays in honor of Linda Degh. Edited by Nikolai Burlakoff and Carl Lindhal. Trickster Press, 1980. pp. 120-138. (Collection includes several versions of one of this story / tune motif.)

as played on the banjo by Pete Steele

as played on the banjo by McKinley Asher

as played on the fiddle by William Hamilton (W.H.) Stepp

as played on the fiddle by Luther Strong

as played on the banjo by Winnie Prater

as played on the fiddle by Boyd Asher

as played on the fiddle by George C. Nicholson

as played on the fiddle by Boyd Asher

as played on the fiddle by Luther Strong