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Hunting Tale

Here's a video that I recorded for Dr. Dan Patterson.  Here Bobby tells a great version of a "Fair Days Hunt."  It's a "Big Windy," but he starts of the tale with such believable details and eases the listener into a more and more elaborate and humorous story.  I also asked him to sing "Bold Reynard the Fox," an old English folk song that he learned from Watauga singer and multi-instrumentalist Ralph  Ellison.  Ralph accompanied the song with the fiddle, something Bobby has asked me to work on.  I awfully like paring the tune to the banjo though.
​--Wm.

A shorter version of this tale by Bobby, as well as a transcription and write up by Dr. Dan Patterson is available on Folkstreams.  
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    • Bobby McMillon Legacy >
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      • Hunting Tale
      • A Very Unfortunate Man
      • Field Recordings by Bobby
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