Wild Goose Chase (2)

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X:1 T:Wildgoose Chase [2] M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel B:”Melodist: A Collection of music in two volumes" (1826-1859) N:The melodist is a musician's ms., probably by a fiddler, that contains both N:tunes and songs from a variety of sources, American and European. The N:inscription on the inside cover reads, "This is from the Bridge family of N:Augusta, Maine (Horatio Bridge, friend of Hawthorne's)". However, entries in N:the ms. were in different hands indicating several contributors. F: https://archive.org/details/Melodist/page/n23/mode/2up?view=theater Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A E|Ac dc/B/|eccA|B/A/B/c/ d/c/B/A/|G/A/B/G/ EA| Ac dc/B/|eccA|B/A/B/c/ d/c/B/A/|G/A/B/G/ A:| |:c/d/|e/c/e/c/ A/c/e/g/|f/e/f/d/ B/c/d/f/|e/c/e/c/ A/B/c/A/|B/A/G/F/ Ec/d/| e/c/e/c/ A/c/e/g/|f/e/f/d/ B/c/d/f/|e/d/c/B/ A/c/ (3e/f/g/|ag a2:|

X:1 T:Wild Goose Chase [2] M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel S:Page – Northern Junket, vol. 5, No. 9, February 1957; p. 39 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A F|Ac c/B/A/c/|ecc (a/f/)|ecc B/A/|GB B(c/B/)| Ac c/B/A/B/|ceaa|e/c/A/c/ B/A/G/B/|Ac A:| |:c/B/|Ac e/c/e/c/|Ad f/d/f/d/|A[Ac] e/c/e/c/|dB B(c/B/)| Ac e/c/e/c/|Ad f/d/f/d/|e/a/g/f/ e/d/c/B/|AE A:|]