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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" [1]. 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:

See also listing at:
Hear the tune played on fretless banjo on youtube [2]

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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]. There is nothing particularly American in the melody's character, however, and probably has a British or Irish provenance.
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+Hear the tune played on fretless banjo on youtube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSsmHuQEDSI]<br>
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