View source for Annotation:Snouts and Ears of America (The)

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|f_annotation='''SNOUTS AND EARS OF AMERICA, THE.''' American, Quickmarch or Reel (whole time). USA, Pennsylvania. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Bayard (1944) knew of only this version of the tune but noted that it was possible it was a derivative of the familiar jig "[[Irish Washerwoman (1)]]" recast in 4/4 time, and with the order of parts reversed. Editorializing, he thought it made a distinct improvement on the suspected original melody. Breathnach (1976) also noted the similarity. The similarity is most noticeable in the second strain, however the tunes are not cognate and do not seem (to me) to be particularly derivative.    [[File:armstrong.jpg|460px|thumb|right|Mrs. Sarah Armstrong]] However, "Snouts and Ears" seems to be more directly derivative of the 18th century Scottish country dance "[[East Neuk of Fife]]."
|f_source_for_notated_version=Mrs. Sarah Armstrong, 1943 (Derry, Pennsylvania) [Bayard].
|f_printed_sources=Bayard ('''Hill Country Tunes'''), 1944; No. 58.
|f_tune_annotation_title=https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Snouts_and_Ears_of_America_(The) >
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