Buttermilk and Cider

 BUTTERMILK AND CIDER. AKA and see "Off/Going to California [1]," "Old Towser," "Fireman's Reel," "You Bet," "Miss Johnson's Hornpipe," "Portsmouth Hornpipe," "The Silver Cluster," "Belle of the Kitchen [2]," "Whiskey, You're the Devil," "Whiskey in the Jar," "Gypsy Hornpipe [4]," "Possum Up a Gum Stump(, Coonie in the Hollow) [1]," "Lexington." Old-Time, Reel. USA, southwestern Pa. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Bayard (1981) states that this tune, sometimes played as a hornpipe, sometimes a reel, is the local southwestern Pa. title for a member of the large and well-known "Off/Going To California" tune family. Sources for notated versions: Irvin Yaugher Jr. (Mt. Independence, Pennsylvania, 1943, learned from a regional fiddler, Jim Lawry) [Bayard, 1944]: Sam Losch, Brown Hall, Wilbur Neal, James Smalley (southwestern Pa.) [Bayard, 1981]. Printed source: Bayard (Hill Country Tunes), 1944; No. 18. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 351A-D, pp. 345-346. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 8, (appears as "The Silver Cluster"), p. 20 (appears as "You Bet"), p. 86 ("Portsmouth Hornpipe"), pg. 104 (appears as "Miss Johnson's Hornpipe"). Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; p. 108 (appears as "Old Towser"). Harding's Original Collection, No. 108. Jigs and Reels, p. 14 (appears as "Fireman's Reel"). O'Neill's Irish Music, 1915; No. 341. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; Nos. 1567, 1628, 1629, 1639. Robbins, No. 126 (1st part). Scanlon, p. 75 (appears as "Whiskey, You're the Devil"). White's Excelsior Collection, p. 22 (appears as "Belle of the Kitchen", a 6/8 version), p. 24 (first part of "The Silver Cluster").

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