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'''DOWN THE WAGON WAY [2]'''. English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). England, Northumberland. D Minor/F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Frank Kidson (1890) identifies this as a Northumbrian pipe tune which he had from a MS collection dated about 1816 "by some person residing at Darlington or in the north." There evidently was once a song called "Down the Wagon Way," which perhaps survives in the nursery couplet: | '''DOWN THE WAGON WAY [2]'''. English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). England, Northumberland. D Minor/F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Frank Kidson (1890) identifies this as a Northumbrian pipe tune which he had from a MS collection dated about 1816 "by some person residing at Darlington or in the north." There evidently was once a song called "Down the Wagon Way," which perhaps survives in the nursery couplet: | ||
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''Clap your hands for daddy,'' | ''Clap your hands for daddy,''<br> | ||
''Coming down the wagon way;'' | ''Coming down the wagon way;''<br> | ||
''A pocket full of money,'' | ''A pocket full of money,''<br> | ||
''And a cart load of hay.'' | ''And a cart load of hay.''<br> | ||
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Revision as of 15:15, 12 February 2011
Tune properties and standard notation
DOWN THE WAGON WAY [2]. English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). England, Northumberland. D Minor/F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Frank Kidson (1890) identifies this as a Northumbrian pipe tune which he had from a MS collection dated about 1816 "by some person residing at Darlington or in the north." There evidently was once a song called "Down the Wagon Way," which perhaps survives in the nursery couplet:
Clap your hands for daddy,
Coming down the wagon way;
A pocket full of money,
And a cart load of hay.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Kidson (Old English Country Dances), 1890; p. 21.
Recorded sources: