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Keller's Waltz

Tune Title
Keller's Waltz
Artist
Unknown
Key
G
Tuning
GDAE
Style
Waltz
Media Source
Old Time Fiddlers' Repertory University of Missouri LP (1976)
Played By
Unknown
Notes

Commonly calleo "Kelly Waltz." Authority for the title, "Keller's Waltz," is Uncle Joe Morrow. He claimed he knew Keller, who for a time was a fiddler for a traveling medicine wagon. According to Me. Morrow, Keller was in debt to a saloon in Mangum, Oklahoma, and oaercd to compose a waltz and play it for the customers to settle the bill. The saloonkeeper agreed, and this is purportedly the waltz Keller composed.

Collections Reference
The Old Time Fiddler's Repertory
Old Time Fiddling From The State Of Missouri

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