Annotation:Catch Club

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 CATCH CLUB. American, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. 'Catch club' = a group of individual organized for singing, usually part songs. The 'B' part corresponds to the 'B' parts of "Down on the Big Sandy" (Bayard, 1981; No. 492, pg. 455) and "New Rig'd Ship." See note for "Catches and Glees" for explanation of 'catch'. Source for notated version: Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 67. Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 17, p. 23. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 99. White's Excelsior Collection, 1907; p. 10 (3rd tune). Recorded sources:

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