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**Please note that the abc’s in the Fiddler’s Companion work fine in most abc conversion programs. For example, I use abc2win and abcNavigator 2 with no problems whatsoever with direct cut-and-pasting. However, due to an anomaly of the html, pasting the abc’s into the concertina.net converter results in double-spacing. For concertina.net’s conversion program to work you must remove the spaces between all the lines of abc notation after pasting, so that they are single-spaced, with no intervening blank lines. This being done, the F/C abc’s will convert to standard notation nicely. Or, get a copy of abcNavigator 2 – its well worth it.   [AK]

 

 

 

SISTER ANN. AKA and see "Bug(s) in the Tater(s)." Recorded by the Hillbillies. Flying Cloud FC-023, Kirk Sutphin - "Fiddlin' Around." Spudchucker Productions, Bert Edwards (N.C.) ‑ "Bert's Bombaree."

 

SISTER DONNA KELLY. Canadian, Strathspey. Canada, Prince Edward Island. B Minor (‘A’ part) & B Major (‘B’ part). Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Dromore, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, fiddler Emmett Hughes (b. 1921). Source for notated version: Emmett Hughes [Perlman]. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 198.

 


SISTER JEAN [1]. Shetland (originally), Jig. D Dorian. Standard tuning. AAB. Shetland jigs are a rare breed, but this is "a very attractive and unusual 6/8 tune from Unst. Can be used as a tune for 'Boston Two‑Step'" (Anderson). Shetland fiddler John Stickle from Unst (one of the most northerly Shetland islands) played this tune, noted from his playing by collector Patrick Shuldham‑Shaw in 1947. The melody has been characterised as a Scandinavian-accented elaboration of "Up in the morning early,” thought to be a derivative of a seventeenth-century tune published by Playford as "Lulle me beyond thee.” Anderson (Ringing Strings), 1983; pg. 27. Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; pg. 96. Culburnie CUL110, Abby Newton – “Crossing to Scotland” (1997). Front Hall 018, How to Change a Flat Tire ‑ "Traditional Music From Ireland and Shetland" (1978).

X:1

T:Sister Jean [1]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

K:D Dorian

D2E F2G|ABA G2F|E2C C2G|E3 D2C|D2E F2G|ABA A2G|

A2d d2c|1 d3D3:|2 d3A3|| A2B c2d|e^fe e2c|A2B c2G|E3C3|

A2B c2d|e^fe e2d|^f2d d2^c d2A3|A2B c2d|e^fe e2c|A2Bc2G|

E3 C2B|A2A ^F2D|A2A ^F2D|A2d d2^c|d3D3||

 

SISTER JEAN [2]. Shetland, Polka. D Major. Standard tuning. ABB. The Shetland polka of this name is one of the few traditional polkas from those islands (along with “Seven Step Polka” and “The Bonnie Polka”); it possibly took its name from the 6/8 version [1] tune (Cooke, 1986). Miller & Perron (101 Polkas), 1978; No. 30. Olympic 6151, The Shetland Fiddlers' Society ‑ "Scottish Traditional Fiddle Music" (1978).

X:1

T:Sister Jean [2]

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Polka

Z:Nigel Gatherer

K:D

A/B/d/e/ ff/d/|gg/e/ f>g|fe/f/ g/e/c/d/|ed d/e/d/B/|A/B/d/e/ ff/d/|

gg/e/ f>g|fe/f/ g/e/c/d/|ed d/e/f/g/||aA A/F/A/d/|BG A>g|fe/f/ g/e/c/d/|

ed d/e/f/g/| aA A/F/A/d/|BG A>g|fe/f/ g/e/c/d/|ed d2||

 

SISTER SARAH. English. England, Northumberland. One of the "missing tunes" from Vickers' 1770 Northumbrian dance tune manuscript.

 

SISTER'S JIG. The melody appears in the Company of Fifers and Drummers (1980), Book II, pg. 14.

 

SISTER’S REEL, THE. AKA and see “Mary McMahon,” “Micho Russell’s (Reel) [4],” “Noel Hill’s.” Irish, Reel. Swedish musician and collector Henrick Norbeck thinks that the “Sister’s Reel” title was Micho Russell’s name for the tune. Breathnach, (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 269 (appears as “Gan ainm”/Untitled). Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974, vol. 2, No. 24 (appears as “Mary McMahon”).

 

SISTER’S RETURN (Filleadh na Déirfear).  Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’CC’. Breathnach (CRÉ V), 1999; No. 19, pg. 12.

 

SISTON BREAKWATER, THE.  English, Country Dance Tune (3/2 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABC. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; pg. 72 (appears as “Lady Katherine’s March”, the name of a dance by T. Renfrew composed in 1943 and set to the tune).

 

SIT AROUND THE CHEERFUL HEARTH (Suide Timcioll An Teallad Aoibin). Irish, Air (4/4 time). D Minor. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 504, pg. 88.

X:1

T:Sit Around the Cheerful Hearth

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Moderate”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 504

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D Minor

F>G | A>BAG AD Dz/E/ | F>GFD G3 F/G/ | A>BAG ADDE | F>A G/F/E/F/ D3 ||

D/E/ | F>GAB c>dcA | d>^cde f2 ed | c>AFG AD Dz/E/ | F>A G/F/E/F/ D2 ||

 

SIT DOWN BESIDE ME (Suid Sios Am Aice). Irish, Slow Air (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 449, pg. 78.

X:1

T:Sit Down Beside Me

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slow”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 449

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

g>a g/a/b/a/|g2 dz|ed gf|e2 dz|gg/a/ g/a/b/a/|gd dc/B/|ed cB|A2 Gz||

B>A Bc|d>edd|e>fgf|g2 dz|g2 B>d|e/d/c/B/ AB/c/|dd/e/ dc/B/|A2 Gz||

 

SIT-IN JIG. AKA and see “Con Cassidy’s (Jig) [2]," “Crossing the Oily River.” Irish, Jig. Ireland, County Donegal. The title probably refers to ‘staying at home and playing’. Caoimhin Mac Aoidh remarks that most Donegal fiddlers learned the tune from the playing of Con Cassidy. The first part seems similar to the air “Shamrock Shore.” The group Altan recorded it under the title “Con Cassidy’s” and Donegal fiddler Packie Manus Byrne calls it “Crossing the Oily River.”

X:1

T:Sit-In Jig

T:Con Cassidy’s

M:6/8

L:1/8

Z:Transcribed by Paul de Grae

K:G

B3 BAB|d2 c A2 F|GAG GFG|B2 A A2 B|

c3 cBc|e2 d B2 c|ded cBA|1G3 G2 A:|2 G3 deg|:

f2 d def|gfg a2 g|f2 d ded|c2 A A2 g|

f2 d def|gfg a2 g|fed ed^c|1d3 deg:|2 ded cBA|

 

SIT (DOWN) UNDER MY PROTECTION ("Suide Sios Fa Mo Didean" or "Suidh Sios Fa Mo Dhidean"). Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). G Major (O'Neill's): D Major (O'Sullivan/Bunting). Standard tuning. AABB. The melody, originally a song air (whose words have been lost), was noted by the Irish collector Edward Bunting from harper Charles Byrne in 1799. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 182, pg. 32. O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 1, pg. 1.

X:1

T:Sit Under My Protection

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slow”
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 186

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

B>A | G2A2B2 | g2a2b2 | a2 gfed | g4 g>f | e2 ge dB | d>e dc BA |

B6 | {G/B/d/}g4 g2 | e2 ge dB | d>e dc BA | G6 | g4 :|

|: g>a | b2 bg fg | a2 gf ed | defg a2 | b2 g3f | ef g3 f | {f}ed {d}cB {B}AG |

A6 | A3 d/c/ BA | G2A2B2 | g2a2b2 | a2 gf ed | g4 g>f | e2 ge dB | d>e dc B>A |

B6 | {G/B/d/}g4 g2 | e2 ge dB | d>e dc B>A | G6 | g4 :|

                       

SITMOAR FEARGAC, AN. AKA and see "The Angry Peeler."

                       

SITTING BY THE YELLOW GAL. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. G Major. Standard tuning. ABCDD. Source for notated version: Bill Caton via Vee Latty (Callaway County, Missouri) [Christeson]. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; pg. 144.

                       


SITTING IN THE STERN OF A BOAT (Mi M'shuidh An Deireadh Bata). Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB (Hunter): AAB (Fraser, Lerwick): AABB (Martin). This tune is the composition of the Reverend William MacLeod, who was the minister of Bracadale, in the Isle of Skye, "before the last incumbent, and afterwards removed to Argyllshire, being an adieu to his native country. The editor's father was extremely fond of this air, as characterising two friends in early life, very partial to him, and whom he highly esteemed, Major MacLeod of Balmeanach, and Colonel MacLeod of Talisker. The composer gives a most poetical description of his sailing from Skye, whilst every well‑known object, one by one, gradually recedes from his sight, till at last no trace of Skye is visible, except the 'Bhan Bheinn,' or white mountain, and, when it vanishes in the misty vapour, he concludes with a benediction on all he left behind him, worthy of a genuine poet" (Fraser). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 161, pg. 66. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 13. Johnson (A Further Collection of Dances, Marches, Minuetts and Duetts of the Latter 18th Century), 1998; pg. 9. Lerwick (Kilted Fiddler), 1985; pg. 69. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 2, 1988; pg. 29. Neil (The Scots Fiddle), 1991; No. 171, pg. 222. Culburnie COL 113D, Aladair Fraser & Tony McManus – “Return to Kintail” (1999).

X:1

T:Sitting in the Stern of a Boat

T:Mi’m shuidh’ an deireadh bàta

M:C

L:1/8

R:Slow Air

S:Fraser Collection   (1874)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G
(D/E/F)|G>AGF [C2E2] (DG)|B>cd>B A2 (GE)|[B,D]>EG>A B2 (g/e/d/c/)|

B2 A2 [B,2G2] (D/E/F)|G>AGF [C2E2] EG|B>cd>B A2 GE|

[B,D]>EG>A B2 (g/e/d/c/)|B2 A2 [B,2D2G2]||g|e>^def [B3g3] b|

a>gab e2 dB|d(e/f/) g>a g>a (g/a/g/f/)|e^def e3g|e>dBd g2 Bb|

g>edB A2 GE|[B,D]>EG>A B2 g/e/d/c/|B>c A2 [B,2D2G2]||

                       

SIUBAL AGRAD. AKA ‑ "I Wish I Were on Yonder Hill." AKA and see “Siúl a Ghrá.” Irish, Air (4/4 time). D Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 1; No. 29, pg. 15.

                       

SIUBAL AMAC AS, UA h-OGAIN. AKA and see "Walk Out of It, Hogan."

                       

SIUBALTAC, AN. AKA and see "The Traveller [1]."

                       

SIUBAN NI DUBLAINGE. AKA and see "Julia Delaney [1]."

                       

SIUBHAL A BHEAN DUBH-O (Come O Dark Haired Woman). AKA and see "Go Home, Go Home, Dear Cousin."

                       

SIUBHAL AN T'SNEACHD TRE OIDHCHE. AKA and see "The Traveller Benighted in Snow."

                       

SIUBHAN NI DHUIBHIR. Irish, Air (6/8 time). E Dorian. Standard tuning. One part. Ó Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs of Ireland), 1995; No. 1, pg. 11.

X:1

T:Siubhán Ní Dhuibhir

R:Air

M:6/8

L:1/8

K:D

E>BB B>cd|B>AF E2 E|F3- F2 B|e2 e ddd|!

c>BA c2 d|B3- B2 B|e2 e ddd|c>BA c2 d|!

B3- B2 F|F>BB B>cd|B>AF E2 E|E3 - E3||

                       

SIUGUE. French??, March (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. ABC. Aird (Selections), vol. II, 1785; No. 110, pg. 40.

X:1

T:Siugue

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:Aird, vol. II (1785)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G2G G2G | G3 GAG | B2B B2B | B3 cBc | d2 Bcd | c3 ABc | Bdc BAG |

FAG FED | G2G G2G | G3 AGA | B2B B2B | B3 cBc | d3 Bcd | c3 ABc |

Bed cBA | G3 G3 || B6 | dBc dcB | A6 | cAB cBA | B2d B2d | c2e c2e |

def g2f | e6 || ggg eee | fff ddd | BBB ccc | d3 def | ggg eee | fff ddd | BBB ccc | d3 cBA ||

                       

SIÚL A GHRÁ. AKA and see “Shule Agra,” “Shule Aroon [1].” Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time). B Minor. Standard tuning. One part.

***

Chorus:

Siúl,Siúl,Siúl a ghrá

Níl leigheas ar fáil ach leigheas an bháis

Ó d'fhag tú mise is bocht mo chás

Is go dté tú mo mhúirnín slán

***

A bhuachaillín aobhínn alainn ó

Is lán do chroí 'us is deas do phóg

Ma fagfaidh tú mise, ní bheidh mé beo [?]

Is go dté tú mo mhúirnín slán

***

Is minic a bhréag tú mé ar do ghlúin

Ag cur do scéal dom féin in iúl

Ach d'fhag tú mise, is tú mo rún

Is go dté tú mo mhúirnín slán

***

Ach, chuireadh ar Rí Shéamais ruaig

Is d'imigh na géanna leis ar luais

D'imigh mo stóirín, 'sé cúis mo bhróin

Ó go dté tú mo mhúirnín slán

***

I wish I were on yonder hill

Tis there I'd sit and mourn my fill

Till every tear should turn a mill

Escadil mavourneen shaun

***

Since my love ceased [to] woo

I have roamed the whole world through

To heal the heart he broke in two

Escadil mavourneen shaun

***

I tracked his footsteps on the moor

I watched his shadow from the door

I prayed as I shall pray no more

Escadil mavourneen shaun

***

My wheel is stopped I'll set it by

My tears within my eyes are dry

I'll close their watery lids and die

Escadil mavourneen shaun

***

Ó Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs of Ireland), 1995; No. 85, pg. 74.

 

SIX AND SEVENS.  See “Sixes and Sevens.”

 

SIX-EIGHT (6/8) POUR LINDA BREITAG. French-Canadian, Jig. A Minor (‘A’ part) & A Mixolydian (‘B’ part). Standard tuning. AA’BB’. A ‘crooked’ tune (the ‘B’ part has an extra beat) composed by Guy Bouchard in honor of fiddler Linda Breitag, now of Minnesota who for many years lived in Québec. Remon & Bouchard, vol. 1, 1996; No. 25.

 

SIX HAND REEL. AKA and see “Temperance Reel.” American, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; pg. 92.

X:1

T:Six Hand Reel

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Ford – Traditional Music in America (1940)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

(3D/E/F/|G{A}G/F/ G/A/B/c/|(d/B/)g/e/ d/B/A/c/|B/E/{F}E/D/ E/F/G/A/|(B/G/)(A/F/) G/F/E/D/|

D/G/{A}G/F/ G/A/B/c/|d/(B/g/)(e/ d/)B/A/c/|B/E/{F}E/D/ E/F/G/A/|(B/d/)A/F/ G:|

|:B|(B/e/)e/d/ e>f|(g/e/)a/f/ g/f/e/d/|B/d/d/e/ d>e|(g/e/)a/f/ g/f/e/d/|

(B/e/)e/d/ e>f|(g/e/)a/f/ g/f/e/d/|B/E/{F}E/D/ E/F/G/A/|B/d/A/F/ G:|

 

SIX MILE BRIDGE. AKA and see "Banks of the Allen," “Banks of the Ilen,” "The Barrack St. Boys,"  "Birnie‑boozle," "Braes of Tullymet," "Brides Away," "The Bride to Bed," "Bride(s) to Bed," "The British Naggon," "Caledonean Hunt [1]," "Cheese It," "Corney is Coming," "Crawford's Reel [1]," "D. Dick's Favourite," "I saw her," "Kelly's Reel," “The Lumberjack,” "Miss Grant of Grant [1],” "Miss Wilson," "Merry Bits of Timber," "My Love is in America," "My Love is in the House [1],” "Shannon Breeze [2].” Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB (Levey): AA’BB’ (Connolly & Martin). Sixmilebridge is a town in County Clare on the river Gearn, midway between Limerick and Ennis, not far from Bunratty Castle. Peter Kennedy gives this tune as an alternate title to his “Humours of Six Mile Bridge,” although I think it’s a distanced version at best. Hornpipe versions appear under the title “Banks of the Ilen,” among others. Fiddler Séamus Connolly (2002) says he first heard the tune played by the Castle Céilí Band on one of Ciarán MacMathúna’s broadcasts on Irish radio. Connolly & Martin (Forget Me Not), 2002; pgs. 104-105. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 15, pg. 35. Levey (Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection), 1873; No. 1, pg. 1.

X:1

T:Six Mile Bridge

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Levey – Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection (1873)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

(A/G/) | (F/D/)F/A/ df/d/ | df/(d/ e/)c/A/G/ | (F/D/)F/A/ df/d/ | (e/c/)A/F/ GA/G/ |

(F/D/)F/A/ df/d/ | df/d/ (e/c/)A/G/ | F/D/F/A/ df/d/ | (e/c/)A/F/ G :: (d/e/) |

f(f/d/) g(g/e/) | a(a/g/) f/e/d/e/ | f(f/d/) g(g/e/) | a(a/g/) gf/g/ | a/b/a/f/ g/a/g/e/ |

f/g/f/d/ e/c/A/G/ | F/D/F/A/ df/d/ | e/c/A/F/ G :|

 


SIXER(EE)N, DA. AKA and see "Yock Her in Dee Bight, Boy." Shetland, Slow Reel or Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AA'B. Composed in 1947 by Shetland fiddler, composer, teacher, and authority Tom Anderson (1910‑1991), born in Eshaness on the northwestern mainland of Shetland. The name comes from the six‑oared fishing boats of the Shetland Islands, which are shaped like a norse galley, and Anderson composed the tune "after viewing the remains of a sixereen on the Hillswick beach which, in its later life, had been used as a flit‑boat in Hillswick" (Anderson). Anderson & Georgeson (Da Mirrie Dancers), 1970; pg. 32. Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1992; pg. 52. Philo 1042, Boys of the Lough ‑ "The Piper's Broken Finger" (1976).

 

SIXES AND SEVENS. English, Dance Tune (3/4 or 3/8 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB (Geoghegan): AABB (Seattle/Vickers). Geoghegan (Compleat Tutor for the Pastoral or New Bagpipes), c. 1745-46; pg. 31. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 314.

X:1

T:Six & Sevens

M:3/8

L:1/8

S:Geoghegan – Compleat Tutor for the Pastoral or New Bagpipes  (c. 1745-46)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B_

B/d/f/d/B/d/ | c/f/A/c/F/A/ | B/d/f/d/B/d/ | cFf | g/e/e/c/c/A/ | f/d/d/B/B/G/ | e/c/c/A/A/F/ |

f/c/g/c/a/c/ | (f/g/) =e2 | f2 z | f/c/g/c/a/c/ | f/g/ =e2 | f2z || c/F/A/c/f/e/ | d/f/B/d/G/d/ |

E/G/c/B/A/G/ | ^F2d | g/d/d/B/B/G/ | e/c/c/e/d/c/ | (B/c/) A2 | G2z | B/d/d/f/f/B/ |

A/c/c/f/f/A/ | G/B/B/d/d/B/ | A/F/B/F/c/F/ | d/F/e/F/f/F/ | B/d/f/d/B/e/ | (d/c/) cB | B3 ||

 

SIXPENCE, THE (An Se-Pingin). AKA and see "It is Not the Tear This Moment Shed." Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Walker (1924), extolling the virtues of Irish folk melody, calls this tune “a wonderful example of what can be crowded into a restricted structural scheme.” O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 385, pg. 67. Walker (History of Music in England), 1924; No. 127, pg. 335.

X:1

T:Sixpence, The [1]

T:It is not the tear

M:C

L:1/8

S:Walker (1924)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E_

|:GB|c_dcB G2 FG|B2B2C2 EF|G2 BG FAGF|E4 E2:|

EF|G3B e2 de|fede c2 BA|GBcd e3d|c4 B2 GB|

c_dcB G2 FG|B2B2C3 EF|G2 BG FAGF|E4 E2||

X:2

T:Sixpence, The

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Moderate”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 386

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

Bd|efed B2 AB|d2d2 E2 GA|B2 dB AcBA|(G4 G2)||

GA|B3d g2 fg|agfg e2 dc|Bdef g3f|e4 d2||

 

SIXPENNY MONEY (Airgead Réalach). AKA and see “The Madcap.” Irish, Double Jig. D Major (Harker/Rafferty): D Mixolydian (Breathnach, Tubridy). Standard tuning. AAB (Mitchell): AABB (most versions). The title comes from Clare piper Willie Clancy. Breathnach (1963) states that three hundred barrels of ‘sixpenny money’ were put up by Cliona when she was trying to win Seán ac Séamais from his wife, as told in the Munster Storyteller (Seanchaí Muimhneach). Sources for notated versions: piper Willie Clancy (1918-1973, Miltown Malbay, west Clare) [Breathnach, Mitchell]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 39, pg. 16. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 205, pg. 63. Mallinson (Essential), 1995; No. 98, pg. 42. McNulty (Dance Music of Ireland), 1965; pg. 21. Mitchell (Dance Music of Willie Clancy), 1993; No. 18, pg. 39. Sullivan (Session Tunes), vol. 2; No. 34, pg. 14. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, Book Two), 1999; pg. 36.

See also listings at:

Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources 

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Sixpenny Money

L:1/8

M:6/8

K:D

fAA fAA|BAG FGE|DFA AFA|dfd e2d|fAA AFA|BAG FGE|DFA AFA|dfd e2d:|

|:f3 gfg|afd fed|f3 gfg|afd e2d|f3 gfg|afd edB|A2A AFA|dfd e2d:|

 

SIXTEEN DAYS IN GEORGIA [1]. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, West Virginia, Missouri. C Major. Standard tuning. AABB'CC. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954. See the related tune "Fourteen Days in Georgia" (Charles Wolfe {1997} calls “Sixteen Days in Georgia” Kessinger’s version of “the familiar” “Fourteen Days in Georgia”). Source for notated version: Clark Kessinger (W.Va.) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 128. Brunswick 267 (78 RPM), Clark Kessinger (1928).

 

SIXTEEN DAYS IN GEORGIA [2]. Old-Time, Breakdown. C Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB'. Source for notated version: Ruthie Dornfeld (Seattle) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 129.

 

SIXTEEN-HAND REEL. An Irish group dance.

 

SIXTEENTH OF OCTOBER, THE. AKA – “The 16th of October.” AKA and see “(La) Belle Catharine [1]." The tune appears in J. Preston’s Twenty Four Country-Dances (London, 1786).

 

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