Belle of the Stage

 X:1 T:Belle of the Stage M:C L:1/8 R:(Lancashire) Clog S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D A2 (3FG^G A>df>d|B2 (3GA^A B>eg>e|c2 (3AB^B (3cba (3gfe | (3dcd (3fdB A>FG>^G | A2 (3FG^G A>df>d|B2 (3GA^A B>eg>e|c2 (3AB^B (3cba (3gfe|1 (3dDF (3Aed D>EF>G |2 (3dDF (3Aed D2 z2|:!trill!e2 {^d/e/}^g>e b>e ({e}e'2|!trill!e2 {^d/e/}^g>e b>e {e}e'2| (3d'b^g (3edB (3^GED (3B,^G,B,|(3A,CE (3Ace (3ac'e'/ a'2|!trill!e2 {^d/e/}^g>e b>e ({e}e'2| !trill!e2 {^d/e/}^g>e b>e {e}e'2|(3d'b^g (3edB (3^GE[ec'] (3[^dc'][=dc'][cb] |(3[ca]ce (3ac'e' a2 :||



BELLE OF THE STAGE. American, (Lancashire) Clog. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. Composed by Edwin Christie, a journeyman composer in the Boston, Massachusetts, area in the latter 19th century who contributed several tunes to Ryan's Mammoth Collection. Not to be confused with the famous blackface minstrel Edwin P. Christy of Christy's Minstrels. Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 121. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 159. Recorded sources: Compass Records 7 4446 2, Oisíin McAuley - &quot;From the Hills of Donegal&quot; (2007).

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