SLEEPING ON A DOORSTEP. AKA and see "Humors of Winter (The)." American, Jig (6/8 time). G major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The composition "Sleeping on a Doorstep" is credited to 'Conn. Regan' in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883), who was perhaps a musician from the greater Boston area. Francis O'Neill printed a nearly identical version (there are some slight differences in the second strain) as "Humors of Winter (The)," collected from Patrick Mahoney.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 73. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 105.
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