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'''CAT IN THE HOPPER'''. AKA and see "Lord Doneraille | '''CAT IN THE HOPPER'''. AKA and see "Lord Doneraille," "Laird O' Cockpen," "Straddle the Donkey," American; Jig. USA, New England. G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Philippe Varlet finds the tune on an old recording by the Four Provinces Orchestra of Philadelphia who called it "If Ever I Go to a Wedding," however, despite that fact that this Irish band recorded it the tune has no known Irish antecedents. The source tune appears to be the Scots "Laird o' Cockpen." | ||
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Tune properties and standard notation
CAT IN THE HOPPER. AKA and see "Lord Doneraille," "Laird O' Cockpen," "Straddle the Donkey," American; Jig. USA, New England. G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Philippe Varlet finds the tune on an old recording by the Four Provinces Orchestra of Philadelphia who called it "If Ever I Go to a Wedding," however, despite that fact that this Irish band recorded it the tune has no known Irish antecedents. The source tune appears to be the Scots "Laird o' Cockpen."
Source for notated version: Ruthie Dornfeld (Seattle) [Phillips].
Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 69. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 361. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 101. Tolman (Nelson Music Collection), 1969; p. 3.
Recorded sources: Flying Fish FF-266, Malcolm Dalglish & Grey Larsen - "Thunderhead" (1982). Rounder 0215, James Bryan - "The First of May." Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40126, Rodney Miller - "Choose Your Partners!: Contra Dance & Square Dance Music of New Hampshire" (1999). Varrick VR-038, Yankee Ingenuity - "Heatin' Up the Hall" (1989).