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'''OLD ROCKING CHAIR, THE.''' New England, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Ralph Page (1903-1985, New Hampshire), the "dean of the contra dance callers," and a seminal figure in New England traditional dance and music for 40 years [http://www.izaak.unh.edu/nhltmd/pagehome.htm]. [[File:ralphpage.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Ralph Page]] | '''OLD ROCKING CHAIR, THE.''' New England, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Ralph Page (1903-1985, New Hampshire), the "dean of the contra dance callers," and a seminal figure in New England traditional dance and music for 40 years [http://www.izaak.unh.edu/nhltmd/pagehome.htm]. [[File:ralphpage.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Ralph Page]] | ||
Not Shetland fiddler Tom Anderson's similarly titled "[[Auld | Not Shetland fiddler Tom Anderson's similarly titled "[[Auld Restin' Chair (Da)]]." | ||
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OLD ROCKING CHAIR, THE. New England, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Ralph Page (1903-1985, New Hampshire), the "dean of the contra dance callers," and a seminal figure in New England traditional dance and music for 40 years [1].
Not Shetland fiddler Tom Anderson's similarly titled "Auld Restin' Chair (Da)."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 87, p. 62. Northern Junket, vol. 13, No. 10, 1976. Page (The Ralph Page Book of Contras), 1969; p. 9. Sweet (Fifer's Delight), 1965/1981; p. 35.
Recorded sources: