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NEW HAMPSHIRE SWINGEROO. American, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB'. Randy Miller says the tune originally appeared in Honor Your Partner (1949). Composed by Ralph Page [1] (1903–1985, New Hampshire), the "dean of the contra dance callers," and a seminal figure in New England traditional dance and music for 40 years.

Ralph Page, c. 1940's

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Durlacher (Honor Your Partner), 1949; p. 262. Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 222, p. 136.

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