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Theme code Index	126L5L 1567
Also known as	Off to California (1), Going to California, Old Towser, Fireman's Reel, You Bet, Miss Johnson's Hornpipe, Portsmouth Hornpipe, Silver Cluster (The), Belle of the Kitchen (2), Whiskey You're the Devil, Whiskey in the Jar, Gypsy Hornpipe (4), Possum Up a Gum Stump (1), Possum Up a Gum Stump Coonie in the Hollow (1), Lexington
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Hornpipe/Clog, Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	USA(Mid Atlantic)
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Samuel Bayard
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Hill Country Tunes
Tune and/or Page number	No. 18
Year of publication/Date of MS	1944
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BUTTERMILK AND CIDER. AKA and see "Off to California (1)," "Going to California," "Old Towser," "Fireman's Reel," "You Bet," "Miss Johnson's Hornpipe," "Portsmouth Hornpipe," "Silver Cluster (The)," "Belle of the Kitchen (2)," "Whiskey You're the Devil," "Whiskey in the Jar," "Gypsy Hornpipe (4)," "Possum Up a Gum Stump(, Coonie in the Hollow) [1]," "Lexington." Old-Time, Reel. USA, southwestern Pa. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Bayard (1981) states that this tune, sometimes played as a hornpipe, sometimes a reel, is the local southwestern Pa. title for a member of the large and well-known "Off/Going To California" tune family.

Sources for notated versions: Irvin Yaugher Jr. (Mt. Independence, Pennsylvania, 1943, learned from a regional fiddler, Jim Lawry) [Bayard, 1944]: Sam Losch, Brown Hall, Wilbur Neal, James Smalley (southwestern Pa.) [Bayard, 1981].

Printed source: Bayard (Hill Country Tunes), 1944; No. 18. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 351A-D, pp. 345-346. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 8, (appears as "The Silver Cluster"), p. 20 (appears as "You Bet"), p. 86 ("Portsmouth Hornpipe"), pg. 104 (appears as "Miss Johnson's Hornpipe"). Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; p. 108 (appears as "Old Towser"). Harding's Original Collection, No. 108. Jigs and Reels, p. 14 (appears as "Fireman's Reel"). O'Neill's Irish Music, 1915; No. 341. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; Nos. 1567, 1628, 1629, 1639. Robbins, No. 126 (1st part). Scanlon, p. 75 (appears as "Whiskey, You're the Devil"). White's Excelsior Collection, p. 22 (appears as "Belle of the Kitchen", a 6/8 version), p. 24 (first part of "The Silver Cluster").

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T:Buttermilk and Cider
M:4/4
L:1/8
B:Bayard - "Hill Country Tunes" (1944)
S:Irvin Yaugher Jr. (Pa., 1943)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
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