Dancing on the Mountain

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Theme code Index	552H6 1H513
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Composer/Core Source	George W. Allen
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Minstrel
Meter/Rhythm	Schottische/Schottis/Jennkka/Reinlander
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History	USA(Mid Atlantic)
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	George W. Allen
Book/Manuscript title	Book:George W. Allen music manuscript collection
Tune and/or Page number	No. 54
Year of publication/Date of MS	late 19th century
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Dancing on the Mountain: Annotations


X:1
T:Dancing on the Mountain
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Straight Jig
N:Allen appended the word “Darkie” after the title, meaning
N:the tune was meant for blackface minstrel use
B:George W. Allen – Clogs, Hornpipes, Reels & Jigs
S:From a handmade music manuscript book, date unknown (late 19th cent.)
S:[https://archive.org/stream/ClogsHornpipesReelsJigs/MUMSS-00089#page/n0/mode/2up]. 
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
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(3A/A/A/ A/>f/ e/>d/B/>c/|d/>B/A/>F/ D/>E/F/>A/|B/>c/d/>e/ f/>d/e/>c/|d/>B/A/>F/ D:|
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g/>e/c/>A/ G/>E/A/>G/|F/>B/A/>F/ D/>A/F/>A/|B/>c/d/>e/ f/>d/e/>c/|d/>B/A/>F/ D!D.C.!:||

Dancing on the Mountain: Annotations