X:1
T:Off with Your Jacket
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:William Sidney Mount manuscripts (Long Island, NY, c. 1840-1850's)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:F
|: G | Ff/d/ cd/c/ | Af/d/ c/A/G/A/ | Ff/d/ cd/c/ | A/c/G/B/ AF/F/ :|
|: A | d2d2 | e/f/e/d/ ^c/d/c/A/ | d2 d/d/d/d | e/f/g/e/ f2 :|
William Sidney Mount OFF WITH YOUR JACKET. AKA and see "Pigtown Fling ," "Stoney Point (1) ." American, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is a variant of the popular and widely known tune family that includes "Buffalo Breakdown ," "Hop Along Sally ," "Kelton's Reel ," "Old Dad ," "Old Mother Goodwin " (Pa.), "Stoney Point (1) ", "Stony Point Reel " (Pa. title, 1866), "Warm Stuff ," "Wild Horse ," "Wild Horses at Stony Point ." The "Off with Your Jacket" title perhaps comes from a lyric that was set to the tune.
Additional notes Source for notated version the c. 1840's/50's music manuscripts of painter William Sidney Mount (1807-1868), of Setauket, Long Island.
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