Booth Shot Lincoln

This old fiddle tune comes from western North Carolina fiddler Marcus Martin, who was recorded by Alan Lomax in 1942. As with many old fiddle tunes, this was also a song, telling the story of the assassination of the 16th president. Bascam Lamar Lunsford recorded it in 1949. Ed is playing clawhammer style on his OME, I am three finger picking my 1964 Ode Model 42. Both of us are in standard G tuning, capoed on the 2nd fret.

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