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Appendix C

Tunes for Worley Gardner's Singing and Semi-Singing Calls

The following transcriptions of tunes as sung by Worley Gardner are by necessity approximations. Like all callers, Worley Gardner changes and adapts the melody to fit the words of the call. In the first four singing calls, the tune was transcribed as sung for the first round of the figure part of the dance. The tunes for "Chinese Breakdown" and "The Girl I Left Behind" follow the vocal line for the introduction of the dance.


 

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