Forked Ear

This tune is a variation of the well known old time tune, Forked Deer.
We got it from a fellow down at the Centralia Parlor Pickers jam.
It comes from a collection of tunes that was in the Library of Congress and called "A Collection of Violin Tunes Popular During the Early 1800's, by A. Porter Hamblen." For the whole story, you can look at these websites: The Hamblen Collection, by Porter Hamblen and another page called, Hamblen Family Music.
An interesting read.

Back to the tune, I really like this version:

Here's the abc:


X: 1
T:Forked Ear (Deer)
M:2/4
L:1/16
S:As Played by Williamson Hamblen
R:Reel
K:D
|: F2F2 A2A2 | BAGA f2e2 | d2F2 FGAA | F2D2 D4 :| !
|:defg a4 | gfed f2d2 | dffg abaf | e2d2 e2A2 |!
defg a4 | gfed f2d2 | d2F2 FGAA | F2D2 D4 :|