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 Theme code Index    5L26L2 46L17L
 Also known as    Miss Lucy Long, Lucy Long Polka
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Minstrel
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Polka
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    3 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/4
 History    USA(Mid Atlantic)
 Structure    AB
 Editor/Compiler    Thomas F. Briggs
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Instructions for the Banjo
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 20
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1855
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 Title of recording    
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Lucy Long Polka T:Lucy Long [1] M:2/4 L:1/8 B:Thomas Briggs - Instructions for the Banjo (1855, p. 20) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G A/d/|G,G/d/ FG|Ec (c/A/)F|DA A/F/A/d/|DB B/G/B/d/|G,G/d/ FG|Ec (c/A/)F|DA A/F/A/d/|GBG d/d/:| e/d/d/d/ B/d/G/d/|FA/d/ Ad/d/|e/d/d/d/ c/d/A/d/|GB/d/ Bd/d/|e/d/d/d/ B/d/G/d/|FA/d/ Ad/d/|e/d/d/d/ c/d/A/d/|GBGz!fermata!||


X:1 T:Lucy Long [1] M:2/4 L:1/8 S:Isaac Homan manuscript (mid-19th century, Long Island, NY) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A E|EcBA|FB2 c|ddFG|ACB,A,|EcBA|F B2c|edFG|A3|| E|E/c/- (3c/c/c/ c/B/c/A/| E/c/- (3c/c/c/ c/B/c/A/|E/B/- (3B/B/B/ B/G/B/G/| E/B/- (3B/B/B/ B/G/B/G/|…


X:1 T:Lucy Long Polka C: N:From the Briggs Banjo Instructor (1855), as it appears in the Peter N:Beemer Manuscript (Idaho, 1860's) Z:V.T. Williams M:2/4 K:G DG|B2B2 G2G2|F2A2z2 B2|c2c2 F2F2|G6DG|B2B2 A2G2|F2A2z2 e2| d2c2 B3A|G4z2:||:Bd|ed^cd B2G2|F2A2 =c3e|ed^cd =c2A2| G2Bd g2Bd|ed^cd B2G2|F2A2 =c3e|ed^cd =c2F2|G6:|


X:1 T:Lucy Long [1] M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Minstrel Air S:Philip Carolan music manuscript collection N:Philip Carolan (c. 1839-1910, Crossmolina, County Mayo), a musically literate N:farmer and fiddler who compiled his ms. probably during 1863-1873. S:Angela Buckley, thesis, “A Critical Edition of the Irish Music Manuscripts of S:Philip Carolan c. 1839-1910, vol. 2”, Waterford Institute of Technology, S:2007, p. 60. Carolan ms. 1, No. 174. K:D A/A/|ff dd|cee f|gg Bc|d2 zd|ff dd|cee f|gg Bc|d2z e| ee dB|cee e|ee dB|c2 ze|ee dB |cee e|fe dB|A2 zA| ff dd|ce zf|gg Bc|d2 zd|ff dd|ce !fermata!ee/f/|ag Bc|d3:|