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| |type=article | | |f_annotation='''STILL ON THE HILL'''. AKA and see "Sells' Brothers Circus Rag." American, Country Rag/Swing Tune. D Major ('A', 'B' and 'C' parts) & A Major ('D' and 'E' parts). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDDEE. The alternate title refers to the Sells Brothers circus, a latter-19th century outfit dominated by Peter Sells. Circusus provided employment for many musicians at various times in their careers. |
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| {{font|STILL ON THE HILL. AKA and see "Sells' Brothers Circus Rag." Old-Time, Country Rag/Swing Tune. D Major ('A', 'B' and 'C' parts) & A Major ('D' and 'E' parts). Standard tuning. AABBCCDDEE. The alternate title refers to the Sells Brothers circus, a latter-19th century outfit dominated by Peter Sells. Circusus provided employment for many musicians at various times in their careers. Source for notated version: Howard Forrester, who had the tune from Uncle Dave Macon [Devil’s Box, Phillips]. |font=sans-serif|size=17px}}
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X:1
T:Still on the Hill
T:Sells’ Brothers Circus Rag
L:1/8
M:2/4
S:From the playing of Howdy Forrester.
N:Forrester learned the tune from Uncle Dave Macon as "Sells' Brothers Circus Rag,"
N:and recorded it as “Still on the Hill.”
K:D
A-|AA/c/ B/A/F/E/|DA, DA,|FF/G/ F/E/D/F/|EA, EA,|
cc/d/ c/B/A/F/|EE/F/ E/D/C/B,/|A,/d/c/B/ A/G/F/E/|D3:|
((3A/B/c/|d)d/e/ d/B/A/d/|fD fD|e/d/c/B/ A/c/e/f/|gA gA|
e/d/c/B/ A/c/e/f/|gA gA|fA B/A/B/c/|d3F/G/||
A/G/F/E/ D/F/A/d/|fD fD|e/d/c/B/ A/c/e/f/|gA gA|
e/d/c/B/ A/c/e/f/|gA gA|f/e/A/c/ B/A/B/c/|d3||
|:A|[af]4|[df]3 A|([dF]2[dF])/B/A/F/|E4|[ge]4|[ec]3 c/B/|A/d/c/B/ A/G/F/E/|D3:|
K:A
|:e|[c'e]3 e|[ac]3 e|([ac]2 [ac]/)f/e/c/|[BE]4|[B(g][bd]2- [bd]/[c'd])/|[bd]3 g/f/|e/a/g/f/ e/d/c/B/|A3:|
STILL ON THE HILL. AKA and see "Sells' Brothers Circus Rag." American, Country Rag/Swing Tune. D Major ('A', 'B' and 'C' parts) & A Major ('D' and 'E' parts). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDDEE. The alternate title refers to the Sells Brothers circus, a latter-19th century outfit dominated by Peter Sells. Circusus provided employment for many musicians at various times in their careers.
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Howard Forrester, who had the tune from Uncle Dave Macon [Devil’s Box, Phillips].
Printed sources : - Stephen Davis (The Devil’s Box), vol. 22, No. 3, Fall 1988; p. 22. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 136.
Recorded sources : - Fiddler FRLP001, Tom Doucet (Nova Scotia/eastern Mass.) - “The Down East Star.” Gusto Records GT 104, Various - "30 Fiddlers Greatest Hits" (1978). Spring Fed Records SFR-CD-110, Howdy Forrester and John Hartford - "Homemade Sugar and a Puncheon Floor" (2016).
See also listing at :
Hear Howdy Forrester play "Still on the Hill" at [1] and at [2]
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