Close to the Floor (1)

 CLOSE TO THE FLOOR [1]. AKA and see "Father Tom's Wager," "The Frog in the Well [1]," "Paddy O'Brien's Jig." Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. One of several compositions credited to J. Hand in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (Don Meade believes that brothers John and James Hand were Boston-area fiddlers and entertainers in the mid-19th century). The tune was recorded by the Cape Breton trio the MacLellan Trio on a 78 RPM disc. Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 57. Kennedy (Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 20, p. 7. Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; p. 23. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 86. Recorded sources: Rounder CD7018, Frank Ferrel - "Boston Fiddle: The Dudley Street Tradition." Rounder CD 11661-7033-2, Natalie MacMaster - "My Roots are Showing" (2000). See also listings at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources, Alan Ng's Irishtune.info

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