You Bet

 YOU BET. American, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The composition is credited to James (“Jimmy”) Hand in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883), but clearly the ‘A’ part belongs to the “Off/Going to California [1]” family of tunes, a rather numerous and widespread strain (there are other examples contained in the same collection). There is also a Johnny Hand to whom several tunes are attributed in Ryans, and they were perhaps brothers from the Boston area, or father and son. Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 20. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg.

X:1 T:You Bet M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G D | G>B A/G/E/D/ | G/B/d/g/ e>f | {a}g/f/g/e/ d/B/A/c/ | B/G/A/F/ G/F/E/D/ | G>B A/G/E/D/ | G/B/d/g/ e>f | {a}g/f/g/e/ d/B/g/e/ | d/B/A/B/ G :: .g(d/g/) e/d/g/d/ | e/a/a/b/ a/g/e/f/ | .g(d/g/) e/d/g/d/ | e/g/f/a/ .g(g/a/) | b/b/b/e/ a/a/a/f/ | {a}g/g/g/e/ .d(e/f/) | {a}g/f/g/e/ d/B/g/e/ | d/B/A/F/ G z :|

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