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Temperance Reel

Traditional

Style
Bluegrass
Tradition
Irish origin, North American fiddle
Form
Reel
Key
G
Level
4
Played on
Fiddle

In the public domain. Source

Music

90bpm

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History

The tune seems to be Irish, where it is also called "The Teetotaler's Reel," and it dates from the 19th century. American fiddlers gave it plenty of other names: Doc Roberts called it "Devil in Georgia," and in Missouri it was "Rocky Road to Denver" or "Where's My Other Foot?" Brooklyn accordion player John Kimmel recorded it in a medley in 1915, and Joseph Samuels made the first American fiddle recording in 1919.

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