AKA Cheatam Cheatem
I did not hear this tune in Missouri prior to the mid-1940s. Presumably, this tune came out of the South. Recorded by Floyd Smith in September, 1952
This version contains some additions to "Gray Eagle" (in two parts) such as was published in 1935 in 100 WLS Bam Dance Favorites (Chicago). "Gray Eagle" was also published in the key of Bb in Harding's All-Around Collection of Jigs and Reels (New York, 1905). The tune in Ford's book (page 45), under title of "The Forked Deer," is a reasonable facsimile of "Gray Eagle." Recorded by Floyd Smith in September, 1952.
AKA Grey Eagle
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