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'''FARE YOU WELL MY SUSAN'''. AKA and see "Frog in the Millpond." Old-Time, Song or Dance Tune (4/4 time). USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Bayard collected this tune which was used as both a song and dance tune in southwestern Pa. He thinks sounds as  if it may have come from the American minstrel tradition, and gives the ditty his source sang to it:
'''FARE YOU WELL MY SUSAN'''. AKA and see "Frog in the Millpond." Old-Time, Song or Dance Tune (4/4 time). USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Bayard collected this tune which was used as both a song and dance tune in southwestern Pa. He thinks sounds as  if it may have come from the American minstrel tradition, and gives the ditty his source sang to it:
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Fare you well, my Susan.
''Fare you well, my Susan.''<br>
Fare you well, my dear.
''Fare you well, my dear.''<br>
Fare you well, my Susan
''Fare you well, my Susan''<br>
I'm goin' to leave you here--
''I'm goin' to leave you here--''<br>
Chorus:  
Chorus: <br>
Frog in the millpond, hoppadoo, hoppadoo,
''Frog in the millpond, hoppadoo, hoppadoo,''<br>
Frog in the millpond, hoppadoodle day.
''Frog in the millpond, hoppadoodle day.''<br>
Frog in the millpond settin' on a log,
''Frog in the millpond settin' on a log,''<br>
Devil on the hillside gruntin' like a hog.
''Devil on the hillside gruntin' like a hog.''<br>
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Source for notated version: James Dains (Greene County, Pa., 1930's) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 71, p. 48.
 
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''Source for notated version'':  
''Source for notated version'': James Dains (Greene County, Pa., 1930's) [Bayard].
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''Printed sources'': Bayard ('''Dance to the Fiddle'''), 1981; No. 71, p. 48.
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FARE YOU WELL MY SUSAN. AKA and see "Frog in the Millpond." Old-Time, Song or Dance Tune (4/4 time). USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Bayard collected this tune which was used as both a song and dance tune in southwestern Pa. He thinks sounds as if it may have come from the American minstrel tradition, and gives the ditty his source sang to it:

Fare you well, my Susan.
Fare you well, my dear.
Fare you well, my Susan
I'm goin' to leave you here--
Chorus:
Frog in the millpond, hoppadoo, hoppadoo,
Frog in the millpond, hoppadoodle day.
Frog in the millpond settin' on a log,
Devil on the hillside gruntin' like a hog.

Source for notated version: James Dains (Greene County, Pa., 1930's) [Bayard].

Printed sources: Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 71, p. 48.

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