Here is a great old holiday season fiddle tune: Old Christmas Morning. I learned this tune from the playing of French Carpenter (1899-1965), a great mountain fiddler from Clay County, West Virginia.
Old Christmas refers to the celebration of Epiphany, or Twelfth Night, on January 6 (celebrated in Québec as La fête des Rois), and was the date some old-time Appalachian communities celebrated Christmas by lighting bonfires at night with much gun-play and fireworks.
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Old Christmas Morning
