Annotation:Tipsy Parson (2) (The)
X:1 T:Tipsy Parson [2] M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel C:Ralph Page, 1945 B:Northern Junket, vol. 4, No. 2 (1954, p. 21) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G G2 Be d2 Bd|gdBd cAFA|G2 Be d2 Bd|dcAB GDEF| G2 Be d2 Bd|gdBd cAFA|GBAc (3Bcd eg|fdcA G2z2:| |:A2 FA c2 BA|GdBG|d2 cB|A2 FA c2 BA|G2B2d2 Bc| d2 Bd g2 dB|Acee e2 dc|BgdB cAFA|G2 Bd g2z2:|]
TIPSY PARSON [2], THE. American, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Tipsy Parson [2]" was composed in 1945 by Ralph Page (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 (see www.izaak.unh.edu/nhltmd/pagehome.htm). It first appears in Page’s periodical Northern Junket, vol. 4, No. 2, 1954 (p. 21).
