X: 69 T: 69. THE BLACKSMITH B: Sam Bayard, "Hill Country Tunes" 1944 #69 S: Played by Mrs Sarah Armstrong, (near) Derry, PA, Nov 18, 1943. N: Tunes contructed like this one, with the second part consisting almost entirely of the first part N: repeated an octave higher, are not often encountered in the repertories of American country fiddlers. Z: 2010 John Chambers R: reel, polka M: C L: 1/8 K: D "a."HAG |\ F2D2 "b."D2DD | F2D2 D2EF | G2E2 EDEF | G2E2 E4 | F2[AD][AD] [A3D3][AD] | F2[A2D2] [A2D2]d2 | c2e2 B2c2 | [d4D4] [d2D2] :: de | f2d2 d3e | f2d2 d2ef | g2e2 edef | g2e2 e4 | f2af d2d2 | fgaf d2d2 | c2A2 B2c2 | [d4D4] [d2D2] :| P: Var: "a."D2 || "b."D3D || "b."DDDD |]