View source for Annotation:Babes in the Woods (4) Schottische

'''BABES IN THE WOODS SCHOTTISCHE [4].''' American, Schottische. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: George Strosnider (1930's), an elderly fiddler (he was aged 69 in 1928) who lived near Waynesburg, Greene County, Pa.. A version of this tune, with the same name, was sung in southwestern Pennsylvannia, beginning:


''My dears, do you know, a long time ago,''

''Two little children whose names I don't know''

''Went out for to play one fine summer's day,''

''And were lost in the woods, so I've heard people say.''   (Bayard)


Printed source: Bayard ('''Dance to the Fiddle'''), 1981; No. 400, pg. 381.