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'''OLD PLANTATION GIRLS.''' American, Slip Jig. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Identified by 18th century Glasgow publisher James Aird as "Virginian" [http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=94566512] (see also Aird's "[[Sam Jones]]" for another "Virginian" tune). There is nothing particularly American in the melody's character, however, and probably has a British or Irish provenance. | '''OLD PLANTATION GIRLS.''' American, Slip Jig (9/8 time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Identified by 18th century Glasgow publisher James Aird as "Virginian" [http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=94566512] (see also Aird's "[[Sam Jones]]" for another "Virginian" tune). There is nothing particularly American in the melody's character, however, and probably has a British or Irish provenance. | ||
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OLD PLANTATION GIRLS. American, Slip Jig (9/8 time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Identified by 18th century Glasgow publisher James Aird as "Virginian" [1] (see also Aird's "Sam Jones" for another "Virginian" tune). There is nothing particularly American in the melody's character, however, and probably has a British or Irish provenance.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1), 1782; No. 148, p. 52. Johnson (A Further Collection of Dances, Marches, Minuetts and Duetts of the Latter 18th Century), 1998; p. 15.
Recorded sources: Fellside Recordings FECD376, Vic Gammon & Friends - "Early Scottish Regtime" (2016).
See also listing at:
Hear the tune played on fretless banjo on youtube [2]