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'''CLOSE TO THE FLOOR [1]'''. AKA and see "[[Father Tom's Wager]]," "[[Frog in the Well (1) (The)]]," "[[Paddy O'Brien's Jig]]." Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. One of several compositions credited to J. Hand in '''Ryan's Mammoth Collection''' (Don Meade believes that brothers John and James Hand were Boston-area fiddlers and entertainers in the mid-19th century). The tune was recorded by the Cape Breton trio the MacLellan Trio on a 78 RPM disc.
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''Printed sources:'' Cole ('''1000 Fiddle Tunes'''), 1940; p. 57. Kennedy ('''Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours'''), 1997; No. 20, p. 7. Miller ('''Fiddler's Throne'''), 2004; p. 23. '''Ryan's Mammoth Collection''', 1883; p. 86.
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''Recorded sources:'' Rounder CD7018, Frank Ferrel - "Boston Fiddle: The Dudley Street Tradition." Rounder CD 11661-7033-2, Natalie MacMaster - "My Roots are Showing" (2000). See also listings at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://ibiblio.unc.edu/keefer/c07.htm#Clotothf], Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [http://www.irishtune.info/tune/1520/]
 
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A>(EF) G>DB, | G,B,D GAc | BGG G2 :: (d/c/) | .B.d.(g b).a.g | .f.e(d c).A.F |  
A>(EF) G>DB, | G,B,D GAc | BGG G2 :: (d/c/) | .B.d.(g b).a.g | .f.e(d c).A.F |  
(DG).G (FA).A |(GB).B .A(Bc)|.B(dg) b>a(g | g).f.e dBG|c>(ec B>)AG |.A(EF) G2 :||
(DG).G (FA).A |(GB).B .A(Bc)|.B(dg) b>a(g | g).f.e dBG|c>(ec B>)AG |.A(EF) G2 :||
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 Theme code Index    5521 2L242
 Also known as    Father Tom's Wager, Frog in the Well (1) (The), Paddy O'Brien's Jig
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:J. Hand (?)
 Region    Ireland, Canada, United States
 Genre/Style    Cape Breton/PEI, Contra, Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    CANADA(Maritimes/English)
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:William Bradbury Ryan
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Ryan's Mammoth Collection
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 86
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1883
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 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
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X:1
T:Close to the Floor [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
(B/c/) | (d>g).e d>BG | .A(EF) G>DB, | G,B,D GBd | {d}cBc ABc | (dg).e d>BG | 
A>(EF) G>DB, | G,B,D GAc | BGG G2 :: (d/c/) | .B.d.(g b).a.g | .f.e(d c).A.F | 
(DG).G (FA).A |(GB).B .A(Bc)|.B(dg) b>a(g | g).f.e dBG|c>(ec B>)AG |.A(EF) G2 :||

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