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 Theme code Index    1H561H 3H1H2H6
 Also known as    Tug Boat
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    USA(Upland South)
 Structure    ABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:R.P. Christeson
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Old Time Fiddler's Repertory vol. 2
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 75
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1984
 Artist    Biography:The Kessinger Brothers
 Title of recording    Dill Pickles Rag/Tugboat
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Brunswick 315 (78 RPM)
 Year recorded    1929
 Media    
 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Tugboat M:C| L:1/8 Q:"Moderately Quick" R:Reel S:Edden Hammons (1875-1955, Pocahontas County, W.Va.) D:The Edden Hammons Collection vol. 2 N:From a 1947 field recording F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/tugboat Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G ef|g2d2 efga|bagb agef|[dg]edg eddd|eaab a2ef| gedg efga|bagb agef|gage dged|BGAG G2ef| g2d2 efga|bagb agef|gage defg|a2 ab agef| gedg efga|bagb agef|g2d2+slide+[e3e3]d|BGAG [G2B2]|| |:[G,2D2]-|[G,D]EGB AG2(G/A/|B)ded {e}dBGA|[G2B2][G2B2] AG2A|BAGB AGEG| DGG2 AG2A|Bded [gd]def|gage dged|BGA(G [G2B2]):|


X:1 T:Tugboat N:Transcribed from the playing of Bob Walters (1889-1960, Burt N:County, east Nebraska), on a 1954 home recording N:by Bob Christeson M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/tugboat-0 D:MSOTFA 109, Bob Walters - "Paddy on the Turnpike" Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:G ef|"*"g2 d2 efga|b2gb agef|gedg efge|a2 ab agef| gage dega|bagb agef|gfge dged|1BGAF G2:|2BGAF G4|| |:"**"[G_B]-[G3=B3]+slide+[G3B3]_B-|=BdeB dBAG|DEGA BGBG|BAGB AGEF| DEGA BAGA|BdeB d2ga|bgag eged|1BGAF G4:|2 BGAF G2|| P:Substitutions "*"g2 ge dega||"**"[G2_B2]|-[G=B][G3B3]- [G3B3]_B-||


X:1 T:Tugboat M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel N:Transcribed by Frank Maloy from the playing of Texas fiddler N:Benny Thomasson on his County 724 LP "Country Fiddling N:from the Big State." B:Stephen F. Davis - Devil's Box, vol. l4, No. 4, Dec. 1980 (p. 31) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G ef|"G"g2 [B2g2][d2g2][Bg]a|"C"_bagb aged|"G"gedg edgd|"D7"fagb aged| "G"gedg edg[dg]|"C"_bagb aged|"G"gbge fged|"D7"BGAF "G"GED[B,D]| "G"[G,2D2][dg]e dged|gdbg aged|gedg edgd|"D7"fagb aged| "G"g[B3g3] [d2g2][Bg]a|"C"_bagb aged|"G"gbge fged|"D7"BGAG "G"G3[GA]| [G2B2][GB][GA] [G2B2][GB]A|Bged BGAG|[G2A2][GB]A Bged|"D7"BGAG EFGE| "G"DB,DG EFGA|Bdce dged|gbge fged|"D7"BGAG "G"G3 [GA]| "G"[G2B2][GB][GA] [G2B2][GB]A|Bged BGAG|[G2_B2][G=B]A Bged|"D7"BGAG EFGE| "G"DB,DG EFGA|Bdce dged|gbge fged|"D7"BGAG "G"G2||


X:1 T:Tugboat M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Byron Berline, Frets Magazine, June 1988, p. 55 K:G [^A2f2]-[B2g2] g2ga|:bgab aged|gbge dged|"D"(3efg ab aged|"G"gbge dged| "C"gabg agfd|"D"gbge dged|1 cBAF "G"GB[DG][DG]|G2g2 g2 ga:|2 "G"cBAF [G4B4]|| |:^AB2A B3B|eBdB AGEF|GBGG AGBG|"D"(3EGE DC B,G,B,A,| "G"G,B,DG EFGA|"C"Bdef gbge|"D"dged cBAG|"G"EFGB [G4B4]:| G,2G, [B4g4]|bagb aged|gbge dged|"D"(3efg ab ag e2| "G"[Bf]g3 [B3g3]^a|"C"bagb agfd|"D"gbge dged|cBAF "G"GBAF |[B,8G8]||