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X:1 T: To An Old Rose C: Joe Pancerzewski N:Written in honor of an old "Peace Rose" bush in Phil and Vivian Williams' N:backyard R:Waltz M:3/4 K:A E Ac|"A"f2e3E|d2c3E|B2A3E|C6|A,C EA ce|f2e3a|"E7"g6-|g3E GB| g2f3c|e2d3E|c2B3^A|B6|EG Be gb|d'2c'3^b|"A"c'6-|c'3E Ac| f2e3E|d2c3G|B2A3E|C6|A,C EA ce|"D"DF Ad fa|b2a3d|f6|ba fd Ad| FA DF Af|"A"ec Ac EA|"F#m"CE A,C EA|"Bm"F2d3F|"E7"G2e3c|"A"A6-|A4|| K:D |:A2|"D"f6|^e6|f2d3A|F6|A,D FA df|b2a3f|"A7"g6-|g4A2| e6|^d6|e2c3B|A6|A,C EA ce|b2a3g|"D"f6-|f4A2| f6|^e6|f2d3A|F6|A,D FA df|DF Ad fa|"G"G,B, DG Bd|g6| B3A Bd|"Em"c4B2|"D"F3E FA|"Bm"G4F2|"Em"E2B,4|"A7"(3agfc3f|"D"d6-|d4:|



TO AN OLD ROSE. American, Waltz (3/4 time). A Major ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB. Composed in the 1970's by North Dakota fiddler Joe Pancerzewski (-1991), the “Fiddling Engineer", in honor of an old "Peace Rose" bush in Seattle musicians and entrepreneurs Phil and Vivian Williams' backyard. Stuart Williams adds, "'Old roses' are not merely ancient members of the common 'modern' varieties but specific pre-1867 varieties and cultivars"[1].


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Printed sources : - Vivian Williams (151 Brand New Old Time Fiddle Tunes), 1983; p. 45. Stuart Williams/WOFTA (The Evergreen Fiddler Tunebook, vol. 2), 2006; p. 18.

Recorded sources : - Flying Fish FF 70572, Frank Ferrel – “Yankee Dreams: Wicked Good Fiddling from New England” (1991). Shanachie 79097, Seamus Egan - "When Juniper Sleeps" (1996). Voyager VRLP 327-S, Joe Pancerzewski - "Fiddling Moods of Joe Pancerzewski" (1980).




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  1. Stuart Williams/WOFTA, The Evergreen Fiddler Tunebook, vol. 2, 2006; p. 19.