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NAVVIE ON THE LINE [1]. AKA - "Navvie (The)." AKA and see "Clog Hornpipe (1) (The)," "Evans," "London Hornpipe (1)." English, Scottish, Irish; Clog or Hornpipe. G Major (Kennedy, Kerr): A Major (Honeyman, Martin). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Kerr): AABB (Kennedy, Honeyman, Martin). The first part is similar to the first parts of "New London," "London Hornpipe (1)" and "Blue Eyes Polka." The title probably refers to a 19th century laborer on a railway or canal excavation. The melody is attributed Tyneside fiddler and composer biography:James Hill, in Köhler's Violin Repository (Edinburgh, 1881-1885). Scottish publisher James S. Kerr printed the tune as "Evans," and a version can be found in Canadian repertory as "Reel de Montreal."

See also the related American tune "Old Sow She Stole the Middlins (The)." See "Navvy on the Line" for the unrelated Irish reel (as recorded by the Bothy Band).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; p. 45. Kennedy (Fiddler's Tune Book, vol. 1), 1951; No. 8, p. 4. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 1), c. 1875; No. 6, p. 42 (appears as "The Navvie"). Kerr (Caledonian Collection), p. 22. Laybourn (Köhler's Violin Repository, Book One), 1881, p. 48. Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; p. 58.

Recorded sources: Nimbus NI5415, Martin O'Connor - "Across the Waters." Fife Strathspey and Reel Society - "The Fiddle Sounds of Fife" (1980).

See also listings at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [1]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [3]

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-'''NAVVIE ON THE LINE.''' AKA - "Navvie (The)." AKA and see "[[Clog Hornpipe (1) (The)]]," "[[Evans]]," "[[London Hornpipe (1)]]." English, Scottish, Irish; Clog or Hornpipe. G Major (Kennedy, Kerr): A Major (Honeyman, Martin). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Kerr): AABB (Kennedy, Honeyman, Martin). The first part is similar to the first parts of "[[New London]]," "[[London Hornpipe (1)]]" and "[[Blue Eyes Polka]]." The title probably refers to a 19th century laborer on a railway or canal excavation. The melody is attributed Tyneside fiddler and composer [[biography:James Hill]], in '''Köhler's Violin Repository''' (Edinburgh, 1881-1885). Scottish publisher James S. Kerr printed the tune as "[[Evans]]."
+'''NAVVIE ON THE LINE [1].''' AKA - "Navvie (The)." AKA and see "[[Clog Hornpipe (1) (The)]]," "[[Evans]]," "[[London Hornpipe (1)]]." English, Scottish, Irish; Clog or Hornpipe. G Major (Kennedy, Kerr): A Major (Honeyman, Martin). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Kerr): AABB (Kennedy, Honeyman, Martin). The first part is similar to the first parts of "[[New London]]," "[[London Hornpipe (1)]]" and "[[Blue Eyes Polka]]." The title probably refers to a 19th century laborer on a railway or canal excavation. The melody is attributed Tyneside fiddler and composer [[biography:James Hill]], in '''Köhler's Violin Repository''' (Edinburgh, 1881-1885). Scottish publisher James S. Kerr printed the tune as "[[Evans]]," and a version can be found in Canadian repertory as "Reel de Montreal."
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-Irish versions, somewhat distanced from British versions, can be found under the titles "[[Navvy on the Line]]," "[[Navvy on the Shore]]," "[[Pride of Cloontia (The)]]," and "[[Paddy Jim Frank's]]." The Bothy Band made a classic recording of this tune on their first album (1975). See also the related American tune "[[Old Sow She Stole the Middlins (The)]]."
+See also the related American tune "[[Old Sow She Stole the Middlins (The)]]." See "[[Navvy on the Line]]" for the unrelated Irish reel (as recorded by the Bothy Band).
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