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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" and "Pompey ran Away" for other of Aird's "Virginian" tunes). 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]

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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" [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]]" and "[[Pompey ran Away]]" for other of Aird's "Virginian" tunes). There is nothing particularly American in the melody's character, however, and probably has a British or Irish provenance.
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