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Theme code Index
1215L 1566
Also known as
Buttermilk and Cider , Going to California , Off to California (1) , Old Towser , Whiskey You're the Devil , Whiskey in the Jar , Belle of the Kitchen (2) , Silver Cluster Reel , You Bet , Miss Johnson's Hornpipe , Gypsy Hornpipe (4) , Possum Up a Gum Stump Coonie in the Hollow (1) , Lexington , Possum up a Gum Stump (1) , Freeman's Reel , Portsmouth Hornpipe (1)
Composer/Core Source
Region
United States
Genre/Style
Contra
Meter/Rhythm
Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of
A
Accidental
3 sharps
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
2/2
History
Structure
AABB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:William Bradbury Ryan
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Ryan's Mammoth Collection
Tune and/or Page number
p.
Year of publication/Date of MS
1883
Artist
Biography:Don Messer & His Islanders
Title of recording
Fireman's Reel/St. Anne's Reel
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Apex 26291 (78 RPM)
Year recorded
1950
Media
Score 1 )
X:1
T:Fireman's Reel [1]
L:1/8
M:C|
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
|:AcBc AFEF|Acea f2 fg|agfe fecA|BcBA F2E2|
AcBc AFEF|Ac ea f2 (3efg|agfe fecA|B2A2A4:|
|:eafa fece|eaga f2 fg|agfe fecA|Bc BA F2E2|
AcBc AFEF|Acea f2 (3efg|agfe fecA|B2A2A2c2:||
X:1
T:Fireman's Reel [1]
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Robbins Collection of 200 Jigs, Reels & Country Dances (NY, 1933, No. 162, p. 52)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
D|G/B/A/B/ G/B/D|G/Bd/ ed|g/f/g/d/ e/d/B/G/|1A/B/A/G/ Ez:|2 .A.A.G||
|:(3d/e/f/|g/ga/ g/f/e/d/|e/d/B/d/ e/d/B/d/|g/ga/ g/f/e/d/|e/d/B/G/ A(3d/e/f/|
g/ga/ g/f/e/d/|e/d/B/d/ e/d/B/d/|e/ge/ d/B/A/G/|F/D/E/F/ G:|]
