Annotation:Paddy got Drunk on Fish and Potatoes

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PADDY GOT DRUNK ON FISH AND POTATOES. AKA and see "Shoehammer," "Big Fat Gal's Good I Know but a Little Fat Gal's Better O." American. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. An untitled quadrille in Christeson (1973, No. 188, p. 135) resembles the tune (especially in the 'B' part), says Bayard. S Funk (Pa., 1930's) [Bayard].

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Printed sources: Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 531B, p. 474.

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