Bella Visty

fiddles; guitarsCollected by Merlin Mitchell Transcribed by Kyle Perrin Reel 9 Items 9-12 Jim Means (fiddle) Goshen, Arkansas November 9, 1949 Biographical Material And Fiddle Pieces The Eighth of January— Fiddle and guitar. M That's mighty good. Say, what does that eighth of January refer to? What does that title mean? Means..Beats me. M .....I've heard some people say that that referred to the victory of Andrew Jackson down there at New Orleans. Means..Might be. M......Back in 1814. And that's where it got the title. Means..I haven't knew it quite that long. M......No, not quite. Means..I play a tune that they call the Bella Visty that was played at the battle of Bella Visty. M .....Well, try that for a while, then. Buena Vista— Fiddle and guitar. The Waggoner— Fiddle and guitar. M ..... O . K., Jim. Much a-blidged. Now that's about all our tape and we've got to quit this. I just want to say that this has been a fiddling sesston with fiddling Jim Means of Goshen, Arkansas, about eight or ten miles from Fayetteville. And this was done for the Ozark Folklore Society. This is November 9, 1949.Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation