This is a two-step I first heard at the Bethel Fiddle Camp in 2024. A fine fiddler from NW Arkansas called Pete Howard was rendering and it really caught my ear. The crowd at Bethel got it from Vesta Johnson who taught it to many of the campers over the years. Cyril Stinnett appears to be the original source of the tune.
I learned it from a recording of Vesta on a Field Recorder's Collective issue. https://fieldrecorder.org/product/vesta-johnson-with-steve-hall-north-missouri-dance-fiddling-frc715/
I must admit this is one of the catchiest tunes I've learned in a long time. It's really fun tune to play, a solid two-step for dancing and a true earworm. Fair warning!
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