John Brown's Dream

Key of A. At least three parts. If there is a fourth part, it is the same as the third but played one octave lower. If there is a fifth part, it is just a piece of the fourth played one more time to make the tune crooked. Fiddles should cross-tune (AEAE).

• Trio includes Brittany Haas on 5-string fiddle at Takoma Park MD [utoob]. This is a great version!

• Uncle Earl live [utoob] with their own take on it.

• Midriffs at Mt. Airy 2007 [utoob], key of G.

• Obama 2008 campaign video, "Yes We Can!" [utoob]

• The FoamHenge Rounders [utoob] medley.

• Jake Krack on stage at Clifftop 2013 [utoob] (second of two tunes)

• Uncle Earl live video [utoob] and recorded [Internet Archive, track 13]

• The New Hoosier Broadcasters [vimeo]

• Liam Purcell [utoob] solo fiddle contestant at 12 years old.

• Great fiddling on stage at Morehead KY [utoob]. Does anybody know who this is?

• Bruce Molsky CD [amazon] clawhammer

• Matthew DiPietro [sound cloud] clawhammer

• New Lost City Ramblers CD [folkways] fiddle

• Water Tower Bucket Boys [archive, click track 20]

• Brittany Haas plays it slow [utoob, no video]

Lyrics

Sing this on the second part. "John Brown's Dream! John Brown's Dream! John Brown dreamed the devil was dead."