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'''DONKEY RIDING'''. AKA and see "[[Bonny Laddie]]," "Highland Laddie," "High Caul | |f_annotation='''DONKEY RIDING'''. AKA and see "[[Bonny Laddie]]," "[[Celebrated Set of Quadrilles - Figure 2]]," "[[Highland Laddie]]," "[[High Caul Cap]]," "[[High Caul'd Cap]]," "[[Lass of Livingston]]," "[[Lass of Leving-stone (The)]]." English; Air, March, Polka, Country Dance tune (4/4 time). A Major (Welling): G Major (Wade). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Welling): AB (Wade). The melody has wide dissemination throughout North America, Ireland and Britain, although its roots appear to be as a Scottish march of some antiquity. The "Donkey Riding" title comes from the chorus of a sea chanty set to the melody: | ||
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''Hey ho, and away we go,''<br> | ''Hey ho, and away we go,''<br> | ||
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''Riding on a donkey.''<br> | ''Riding on a donkey.''<br> | ||
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'Donkey riding' has been said to refer to the use of a 'donkey', a steam-powered donkey engine used to help hoist cargo and supplies from the dock to the ship's hold. The single-cylinder donkey engine was invented in 1881 and was quickly employed for a host of tasks, including logging. | 'Donkey riding' has been said to refer to the use of a 'donkey', a steam-powered donkey engine used to help hoist cargo and supplies from the dock to the ship's hold. The single-cylinder donkey engine was invented in 1881 and was quickly employed for a host of tasks, including logging. A plausible explanation for the title, but one not confirmed. | ||
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|f_printed_sources=Wade ('''Mally's North West Morris Book'''), 1988; p. 20. Welling ('''Welling's Hartford Tune Book'''), 1976; p. 8. | |||
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|f_see_also_listing=See also listing at Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index [http://ibiblio.unc.edu/keefer/d07.htm#Donri]. | |||
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DONKEY RIDING. AKA and see "Bonny Laddie," "Celebrated Set of Quadrilles - Figure 2," "Highland Laddie," "High Caul Cap," "High Caul'd Cap," "Lass of Livingston," "Lass of Leving-stone (The)." English; Air, March, Polka, Country Dance tune (4/4 time). A Major (Welling): G Major (Wade). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Welling): AB (Wade). The melody has wide dissemination throughout North America, Ireland and Britain, although its roots appear to be as a Scottish march of some antiquity. The "Donkey Riding" title comes from the chorus of a sea chanty set to the melody:
Hey ho, and away we go,
Donkey riding, donkey riding;
Hey ho, and away we go,
Riding on a donkey.
'Donkey riding' has been said to refer to the use of a 'donkey', a steam-powered donkey engine used to help hoist cargo and supplies from the dock to the ship's hold. The single-cylinder donkey engine was invented in 1881 and was quickly employed for a host of tasks, including logging. A plausible explanation for the title, but one not confirmed.
