- Style
- Old-time
- Tradition
- American old-time
- Form
- Reel
- Key
- D
- Level
- 2
- Played on
- Fiddle
In the public domain. Source
Music
90bpm
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Chord chart
History
The first known recording is Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys for Columbia in 1947. No one knows where Wills got it, and no earlier source has turned up. Tommy Jackson's 1954 Dot record spread it among American fiddlers, and Don Messer recorded it in Canada in 1953 as "Liberty Two-Step."
It is a standard first tune for new fiddlers. Missouri fiddler Charlie Walden lists it among his 100 essential Missouri tunes. Older 78s called "Liberty" by Fiddlin' John Carson and the Skillet Lickers are a different melody.