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'''DOWN ON THE BIG SANDY'''. American, Jig. USA, southwestern Pa. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Bayard (1981) has identified the 'B' part of this tune as the same as those of "[[New Rig'd Ship]]" and the less common "[[Catch Club | '''DOWN ON THE BIG SANDY'''. American, Jig. USA, southwestern Pa. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Bayard (1981) has identified the 'B' part of this tune as the same as those of "[[New Rig'd Ship]]" and the less common "[[Catch Club]]," and the 'A' part as the second section of the opening jig figure in the Irish quadrille "[[Off to (the) Skelligs]]." The Big Sandy is the river that forms the boundary between the states of Kentucky and Tennessee. It flows into the Ohio River. | ||
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Tune properties and standard notation
DOWN ON THE BIG SANDY. American, Jig. USA, southwestern Pa. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Bayard (1981) has identified the 'B' part of this tune as the same as those of "New Rig'd Ship" and the less common "Catch Club," and the 'A' part as the second section of the opening jig figure in the Irish quadrille "Off to (the) Skelligs." The Big Sandy is the river that forms the boundary between the states of Kentucky and Tennessee. It flows into the Ohio River.
Source for notated version: James Morris (elderly fiddler from Greene County, Pa., 1930's) [Bayard].
Printed sources: Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle, March to the Fife), 1981; No. 492, p. 455.
Recorded sources: