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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) |
F (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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- Video of Ralph
Martin receiving the "Cactus Polka Award" (youtube)
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- The Oregon
Trail Banjo Camp Band performs "Cactus Polka" (youtube)
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- John
Green's Fiddletown 2007 Banjo Bash "Cactus Polka" (youtube)
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- Listen to the Southern
California Banjo Band perform "Cactus Polka" (mp3)
- ______
Arranged by Jim Bottorff
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