X:1
T:Pigeon on the Gate [4]
S:Doc White (1889-1974, Ivydale, W.Va.)
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:Play ABCCBCC
N:ADae tuning (fiddle)
D:Library of Congress AFS 13,704A19-B, 1967
F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/pigeon-gate
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:D
P:A
[d3f3]d A2[F2A2]|A2[F2A2] AAdd|BAFF [D2A2]AB|[D2A2][A,2D2] FFDF|E2C2A,2C2|
D2 AB A2F2|ddff edBA|f2 af f2d2|ede2 (d[d3f3])||
P:B
[M:1/4]f2 |[M:C|]afaf d2e2|afaf g2e2|f2d2 edea|fedB A2ef-|
fa2f f2d2|edef g2ag|f2d2 edeg|f2d4||
P:A'
|:D2-|D2AB A2[F2A2]|AAff edB2|[M:5/4][D2A2] AB A2[D2A2] FFDF|[M:C|]E2C2A,2C2|
D2AB A2F2|AAff edBA|fgagf2d2|[M:5/4]ed e2 dd3[M:C|]:||
PIGEON ON THE GATE [4]. AKA - "Pigeon on the Gatepost (3)." American, Reel (cut time). USA, West Virginia. D Major. ADae tuning (fiddle). Identified by Doc White (1889-1974) of Ivydale, Clay County, West Virginia, as a West Virginia tune featured by blind northeastern Kentucky fiddler Ed Hayley. White said of Hayley, "He was the best fiddler I ever heard draw a bow." White himself was a jack-of-all trades and sometime dentist, physician and midwife, all self-schooled; he apprenticed with local practitioners and read every medical book he could get his hands on. Surprisingly, he was allowed to practice in rural Clay County. The tune is quite crooked, or irregular in metre. White can be heard playing it on AFS 13,704 (June, 1967). Doc White (Jack Cawthon Photo)
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Hear Doc White's field recording at Slippery Hill [1][2]
