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|f_annotation='''MIDNIGHT HOUR, THE.''' AKA - "Midnight Jig (2)."  Scottish, Jig or March (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The first strain  strongly resembles Bayard's "[[Ben Walker's Walk Around]]" (Bayard, '''Dance to the Fiddle''', 1981, No. 371, p. 362). Although of Scottish provenance, "Midnight Hour" appears to have been popular with American fifers, and appears in several American fife and martial publications of the very early 19th century. Elias Howe printed the tune in the early 1880's but gave the title as "Midnight Jig" (instead of 'Hour').
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|f_printed_sources=Aird ('''Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 6'''), c. 1803; No. 137, p. 55 ([http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=94562284] [http://petrucci.mus.auth.gr/imglnks/usimg/f/f0/IMSLP98442-PMLP202254-aird_selectionofscotch_airs_6.pdf]). Elias Howe ('''Musician’s Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7'''), Boston, 1880-1882; p. 605. Cushing ('''The Fifer's Companion No. 1'''), 1805; No. 60, p. 26.
'''MIDNIGHT HOUR, THE.''' Scottish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The first strain  strongly resembles Bayard's "[[Ben Walker's Walk-Around]]" (Bayard, '''Dance to the Fiddle''', 1981, No. 371, p. 362).  
Norris & Sawyer ('''The Village Fifer'''), 1808; p. 53.
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Robinson ('''Massachusetts Collection of Martial Musick'''), 1818, p, 36 & 1820, p. 50.
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''Printed sources'': Aird ('''Aird's 6th and Last Volume of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs''') [http://petrucci.mus.auth.gr/imglnks/usimg/f/f0/IMSLP98442-PMLP202254-aird_selectionofscotch_airs_6.pdf], c. 1803; p. 55. Cushing ('''The Fifer's Companion, No. 1'''), 1805; No. 60.
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Sheet Music for "Midnight Hour"Midnight HourBook: Aird - Aird's 6th and Last Volume of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs (c. 1803; No. p. 55).Notes: the third measure is perhaps |d2e dcB|Transcription: AK/Fiddler's Companion



MIDNIGHT HOUR, THE. AKA - "Midnight Jig (2)." Scottish, Jig or March (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The first strain strongly resembles Bayard's "Ben Walker's Walk Around" (Bayard, Dance to the Fiddle, 1981, No. 371, p. 362). Although of Scottish provenance, "Midnight Hour" appears to have been popular with American fifers, and appears in several American fife and martial publications of the very early 19th century. Elias Howe printed the tune in the early 1880's but gave the title as "Midnight Jig" (instead of 'Hour').


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Printed sources : - Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 6), c. 1803; No. 137, p. 55 ([1] [2]). Elias Howe (Musician’s Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7), Boston, 1880-1882; p. 605. Cushing (The Fifer's Companion No. 1), 1805; No. 60, p. 26. Norris & Sawyer (The Village Fifer), 1808; p. 53. Robinson (Massachusetts Collection of Martial Musick), 1818, p, 36 & 1820, p. 50.






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