Traditional Old Time and bluegrass breakdown in D major, standard tuning, associated with Surry County, North Carolina. The B part runs an elongated ten bars in most settings, which is the quickest way to tell this branch from the AEac# tunes by ear. Kerry Blech traces it to Tommy Magness, who played and recorded it as “Lonesome Indian,” after which it circulated among North Carolina and Virginia fiddlers under the “Lost Indian” title. Recorded by Kenny Baker on Farmyard Swing (County 775), Clark Kessinger on Old Time Music (Rounder 0004), Ernest East & the Pine Ridge Boys on Visits (Heritage XXXIII, 1981), and Glen Smith on Say Old Man (Marimac AHS #3, 1990), learned directly from Magness.Note: Melodically close to Cherokee Shuffle, which is generally credited to Tommy Jackson as a reworking of the Magness tune into A with an added second part.
