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Little lap dog
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Little lap dog

Date1966-06-18
Place CollectedGlen Lyn, West Virginia, United States
MediumKey: G Meter: 3/4 Strains: 2 (low-high, 16-16) Rendition: 1-2-1 Phrase structure: ABAC QRQS (abcd abce qrst qrue) Compass: 12
ClassificationsSound Recordings
Credit LineFiddle tunes of the old frontier: The Henry Reed collection
Terms
    Object number1966.35.128
    DescriptionThis is the popular song "Oh Where Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone." It is a German piece, "The Lauterbach Waltz," and its recasting with English words first appeared in a publication by Septimus Winner in 1864. Henry Reed plays it in waltz time.
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