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Viola Ruth
1910-1964
Viola Ruth lived in Arizona for the first half of the 20th century. She was an important dance fiddler and long-time state fiddle champion. She published a number of tune collections showing her style of playing, and left copies of them plus her music notebooks to the state historical museum, who have put images of much of her material online.

I've checked occasionally, and when I found new images of Viola's music books on their web site, I've downloaded a copy and transcribed the tunes to ABC notation. Curious musicians might want to visit them and look for the images of the original books (which are mostly out of print now).
Viola Emma “Mom” Hopen Ruth
BIRTH 1892 Dos Cabezas, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
PARENTS father: Hiram William Hopen 1856–1912
mother: Emily Louisa Young Nay 1872–1943
MARRIED Arch Sevier Ruth 1886–1968
DEATH 16 Nov 1979 (aged 86–87) Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
BURIAL Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery,
Section 4, Block 2, Lot 3, Space 5.
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA

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.. Found 4 tune files in "/music/book/ViolaRuth"
A - P
A   top
get gif png pdf svg img src Class K B st w Name Titles d i
abc gif png pdf svg AdvancedSD 1:Arkansas Traveler
1:Bake Them Hoe-Cakes Brown
1:Bill Vance
1:Blackberry Quadrille
1:Blacksmith's Quadrille
1:Bony Smith's Quadrille
1:Canyon Quadrille
1:Chadham County Breakdown
1:Chinese Breakdown
1:Cripple Creek
1:Don't You Want To Go To Heaven, Uncle Joe?
1:Durangs Hornpipe (OLD WAY)
1:Durang's Hornpipe
1:Eighth Of January
1:Fall of Paris
1:Flop-Eared Mule
1:Galloping Horses
1:Golden Slippers [G]
1:Half Way
1:Haste To The Wedding
1:Jumping Cactus
1:Mississippi Sawyer
1:Old Kentucky
1:Old Missouri
1:Ragtime Annie
1:Run, Johnny, Run
1:Ruth's Quadrille
1:Sally Johnson
1:Sally, There's A Bug On Me
1:Waggoner
1:Walking Up Town
abc gif png pdf svg AmericanSD 1:Bony Smith's Quadrille
2:Don't You Want To Go To Heaven, Uncle Joe?
3:Durangs Hornpipe (OLD WAY)
4:Eighth Of January
5:Peek-A-Boo Waltz
6:Ragtime Annie
7:Waggoner
P   top
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abc gif png pdf svg Pioneer 2:Blackberry Quadrille
3:Blacksmiths Quadrille
4:Bony Smith's Quadrille
5:Galloping Horses
6:Run Johnny Run [2]
7:Soldier's Joy [2]
8:La Varsouvienne [4]
9:Gustafs Skoal
10:Oxford Minuet [1]
11:Yellow Dog Blues
12:Angleworm Wiggle
12:Jumping Cactus
13:Arkansas Jitters
14:Beaver Creek
15:Bully of the Town
16:Chadham (sic) County Breakdown
17:Chicken and Dumpling
18:Climbing the Golden Stairs
19:Come Along John
20:Dandelion Quadrille
21:Dude Cowboy
22:Fiddler's Dream [1]
22:Fiddler's Trouble
23:Florida Blues
24:Four and Twenty
25:Hop Light Ladies
25:Hop High Ladies
25:Don't You Want to Go to Heaven, Uncle Joe?
26:House of David Blues
27:I Like Sugar in My Coffee
28:Lady Walpole Reel [2]
29:Leather Breeches
30:Little Brown Jug
31:Liza Jane [4]
32:Mountain Jig Quadrille
33:Mud on the Wheel
34:Possum in the Simmon Tree
35:Run, N....r, Run
35:(Run, Nigger, Run)
36:Sally There's a Bug On Me
37:Silver Cluster Cacti
38:Snow Deer
39:Steamboat Bill
40:Wagoner [1]
41:Walkin' Up Town
42:Barn Dance Schottische
43:Denver Schottische
44:Honey Suckle Schottische
45:Knickle Schottische
46:Old South Schottische
47:Starlight Schottische
48:Chicago Glide
49:Drunkard's Hiccoughs
49:Rye Whiskey
50:Wednesday Night Waltz
abc gif png pdf svg PWFT 0:PIONEER WESTERN FOLK TUNES
0:As played & arranged by VIOLA "MOM" RUTH
10:Arizona's Pioneer Reunion March
11:Dixie
12:Old Black Joe
13:My Old Kentucky Home
21:Swanee River
21:(Old Folks At Home)
22:Buffalo Gals
23:Girl I Left Behind Me
24:The Mocking Bird
31:Pig Town Fling
32:Pop Goes The Weasel
33:Opera Reel
41:Haste To The Wedding
42:Rakes Of The Mallow
43:Soldier's Joy No1
43:Or Kings Head
51:Heel And Toe Polka
52:Soldiers Joy No 2
52:Best for Quadrille
53:Spanish Polka or Texas Galop
61:Schotische (Name Unknown)
62:Little Brown Jug - Polka
63:Don't You Want To Go To Heaven, Uncle Joe?
71:Wagoner
72:Eighth Of January
73:Get Away From The Federals
73:Or Fall of Paris
81:Rye Whiskey or Drunkards Hiccoughs
81:Or Jack O'Diamonds
82:Turkey In The Straw
83:Devils Dream
91:Money Musk
92:Lamplighter's Hornpipe
93:Irish Washer Women
93:(Virginia Reel)
101:Fischer's Hornpipe
102:Flop Eared Mule
103:Climbing The Golden Stairs
111:Blue Bird Schottische
112:Old Missouri*
113:If I Had A Bonnie Bonnet Or Spanish Waltz
113:(New Way)
121:If I Had A Bonnie Bonnet, Old Spanish Waltz
121:(Old Way)
122:Arkansas Traveler
123:Rye Waltz
131:Chamois O'Brien
131:(Pioneers Favorite Waltz)
132:Mississippi Sawyer
132:Or My New Shoes
133:La Varsouvienne
141:Mazurka
142:Everything Is Pleasant Schottische
143:The Blind Girl
144:Ricketts Hornpipe
151:Old Dan Tucker
151:(Use For March For Dan Tucker Waltz)
152:Whistling Rufus
153:Show Me The Way To Go Home
161:Durang's Hornpipe
162:Taters In The Sandy Land
162:(or No Use Kicking My Dog Around)
163:Jumping Cactus
163:(or Angleworm Wiggle)
164:Schottische
164:(Name Unknown)
171:Blacksmiths Quadrille
172:Bony Smith's Quadrille
173:Wednesday Night Waltz
181:Galop or Quadrille
191:Beaver Creek
192:Old German Polka
193:Gustafs Skoal
193:Swedish Quadrille
194:Leather Breeches
201:Run Niger Run
202:Spanish Cavalier
203:When You And I Were Young Maggie
211:Put Me In My Little Bed
212:Yellow Dog Blues
213:Tom Tom Indian Dance
222:Indian Call Waltz
222:Steamboat Bill
231:Oxford Minuette
232:Moon Winks
233:Possum In The Simmon Tree
251:Valley Of The Sun Square Dance
252:Fiddler's Dream
252:Or Fiddler's Trouble
251:Muddy Road
251:Or Forked Deer
252:Chadham County Breakdown
253:Old Kentucky
254:No Body's Bussiness
261:Bill Vance
262:Snow Dear
271:House Of David Blues
272:Billie In The Low Ground
273:Denver Schottische
281:Cotton Eyed Joe or The Johnson Gal
282:I Like Sugar In My Coffe
282:(Called Cotton Eyed Joe)
283:Ring Ring The Banjo
291:Chicken And Dumpling
292:White Cocade
293:Nellie Bly
294:Four And Twenty
301:Solomon Levi
301:Singing Quadrille
302:Run Johnny Run
302:Chapel Hill Serenade
302:Green Willes [?]
311:La Valeta Waltz
311:Spanish Circle Quadrille
312:Mud On The Wheel
313:Silver Cluster Cacti
313:Off to California
321:Old Irish Reel
322:Come Along John
323:Galloping Horses
324:Barn Dance Schottische
331:Florida Blues
332:Old South Schottische
341:Cackling Hen
342:Knickle Schottische
343:The Bully Of The Town
344:Liza Jane
351:Arkansas Jitters
352:Old Joe Clark
353:Dude Cowboy
354:Walkin' Up Town
361:Sally Waters
362:Hokey Pokey
371:Kenning's Quadrille
371:Or Three Jolly Sailor Boys
372:Dandelion Quadrille
373:Sally There's A Bug On Me
374:Blackberry Quadrille
381:Honey Suckle Schottische
382:Old Schottische
383:Half Way
383:Or Washboard
384:Good Night Waltz
391:Miss Mc Clouds Reel
392:Brown Eyed Mary
392:(Singing Call)
401:Happy Is The Miller Boy
402:Sally Goodin
403:Independence Waltz
411:Chicken Reel
412:*Bake Those Hoe Cakes Brown
413:Lady Walpole Reel
421:Mountain Jig Quadrille
422:Temperance Reel
423:Dive For The Oyster Duck For The Clam
431:*Ragtime Annie
432:Glow Worm Minuet
433:Portland Fancy
441:Quadrille Or Virginia Reel
441:Name Unknown
442:Name Unknown Quadrille
443:Starlight Schottische
451:Arizona's Pioneer Schottische
452:Endearing Young Charms
453:Last Rose Of Summer
461:Annie Laurie
462:Sweet Bunch Of Daisies
471:I'll Remember You Love In My Prayers
472:After the Ball
481:Manitou
482:Chicago Glide
483:Peek-A-Boo

Footnotes:
B: Bar count for once through the tune.
Class: The tune's classification (rhythm, dance, origin, etc.).
date: The earliest reported date for a tune. This is generally not very reliable, of course.
img: Source files of the type(s) shown. Image files are often formatted for printing, and may contain extra information in addition to the music.
src: Source files of the type(s) shown. Source files are usually formatted for printing, and may contain extra information in addition to the music.
info: Assorted information about the file, depending on what has been implemented and supplied. Currently only shows the date of (earliest known) publication.
K: The tune's initial or main key.
st: Staff count for this version of the tune.
Name: is taken from the file name, with underscores replaced by spaces. If a link, points to a directory with several versions of the tune. Bold names or titles mean that the tune is in the session's "first binder", and has been played more often than the tunes in a normal font.
Titles: is a list of the titles found in the file. Duplicate titles are only shown once. For tunes that don't have a T: title, the first P: value is shown.
w: Words (lyrics) line count for this version of the tune.

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