BILL BAILEY

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What can be said about this song!
It is probably the widest known
ragtime tune ever written. I play it
in the key of C combining ragtime
techniques of Rev. Gary Davis and
Big Bill Broonzy. I have transcribed
the first verse. I was always
fascinated by the feel of this verse

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key: D melody of a song. The dropped D
capo: second [ret tuning used is another convenient
tuning_· dropped D-DADGBE tuning for playing ragtime pieces.
We will use this once again in our
This is another popular ragtime version of Powder Rag on this LP.
song. I have transcribed only the
chorus. I arranged this with the
patient help of a piano player from
Kalamazoo, Michigan. This
arrangement shows how chords can
be used to introduce a counter-
point line as well as present the

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