County Down (1)

 COUNTY DOWN [1]. AKA and see "Kitty in the Fog," "The Kitten and the Frog," "The Stonecutter's Jig," "Young Tom Ennis," "Banks of Lough Gowna," "The Mug of Brown Ale [2]," "The Rambler From Clare [1]," "One Bottle More [2]," "The Ball (Humours) of Ballynafeidh." Irish (originally), American; Jig. USA, southwestern Pa. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. Bayard (1981) identifies this as one of the tunes from an indistinct but probably Irish tune family that has incorporated a variety of usually floating titles. In southwestern Pa. it was known as a martial tune. Sources for notated versions: Hiram Horner, Hiram White, John Tustin, Hoge MS., George McCune (southwestern Pa. fifers and fiddlers) [Bayard]. Printed source: Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 601C, pp. 528-530.

X:1 T:County Down [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 S:George McCune (1944), a fiddler from Indiana County, Pa. B:Bayard - Dance to the Fiddle, March to the Fife (1981, No. 601C) K:Amin A2B|:cAA ABA|GEF G2A|Bee e2d|1 cAA A2A/B/:|2 cAA Az||: e/^f/|ge^f gef|ge^f g2 {f}g/f/|eaa eaa|ae^f g2 e/f/| ge^f gef|ge^f g2f|eaa e2d|cAA A2:||

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