X:1
T:Paddy on the Pike
N:From the playing of fiddler Wilson Douglas
N:(1922-1999, Clay County, central W.Va.)
M:C|
L:1/8
N:AEae tuning (fiddle)
D:Marimac AHS CS 01, Wilson Douglas - "Boatin' up Sandy" (1989)
D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/paddy-pike
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:A
(3efg|"*"a2 aa aecc|d2f2 edcA|AA A2 cccA|BABc A2:|
[d2e2]|-[e6e6] ed|cAcA BABA|[E3A3]e d2d2| cAcA BABG|[M:2/4] A2 EF|
[M:C|]A2A2 cAcA|BABA c2AG |A2A2 cAcA|BABG A2||
P:Substitutions:
((3efg|a2){g}a2{g}aecc||
PADDY ON THE PIKE. AKA and see "Half Past Four." American, Reel (cut time). USA, West Virginia. A Major. Standard or AEae tuning (fiddle). ABCC'. Not "Paddy on the Turnpike," which was also in the repertoire of fiddler biography:Wilson Douglas[1] (1922-1999). East Kentucky fiddler Ed Haley played the tune as "Half Past Four." Wilson Douglas
Additional notes Source for notated version : - Wilson Douglas (Clay County, central W.Va.) [Phillips].
f_printed_sources=Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 179.
Recorded sources : - Marimac Cassette AHS 01, Wilson Douglas - "Boatin' Up Sandy" (1989). Rounder CD0364, Wilson Douglas - “The Marimac Anthology: Deep in Old-Time Music” (1996). Rounder 0047, Wilson Douglas - "The Right Hand Fork of Rush's Creek" (1975).
See also listing at : Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Hear Kevin Delaney's 1973 field recording of Douglas playing the tune at the Digital Library of Appalachia [3] and Berea Sound Archives [4]
Hear Douglas's 1989 recording at Slippery Hill [5]
See/hear a jam session recording of the tune [6]
See Austin Rogers' standard notation transcription of the tune [7]
