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Cactus Polka
(Jesusita en Chihuahua)
Words and music by Quirino Mendoza y Cortez Love Laughs and Andy Hardy - 1946
Part 1:
||: C             G7 C           - G7
- - - C
-                  G7 C - F
- C D7           G7 C                      :||
Part 2:
||: D7 G D7 G
D7 G D7 G                      :||
Part 3:
| F  (no melody)  (no melody)
||: F - Bb -
C7 - F -
- - Bb -
C7 - F F                      :||
8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.  Follow the repeat symbols ||: :||
Play the Parts as follows: 1 1 2 2 1 3 3 1
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Performer Links:
(webpage)
 
Watch Ralph Martin receive the "Cactus Polka Award" (youtube)
 
Watch the Oregon Trail Banjo Camp Band perform "Cactus Polka" (youtube)
 
John Green's Fiddletown 2007 Banjo Bash group performs "Cactus Polka" (youtube)
 
Listen to the Southern California Banjo Band perform "Cactus Polka" (mp3)
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
 
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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com