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'''SALLY GROWLER.''' American, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A composition credited to Harry Carleton in '''Ryan’s Mammoth Collection''' (1883). Nothing is known of the elusive Harry Carleton, who contributed several tunes to Ryan’s, and the name may be a pseudonym. The title is in quotation marks in Ryan’s, and the meaning of the title is obscure. There is a particularly unattractive Atlantic coast bottom-dwelling fish named the Sea Raven, popularly called a “Sally | '''SALLY GROWLER.''' American, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A composition credited to Harry Carleton in '''Ryan’s Mammoth Collection''' (1883). Nothing is known of the elusive Harry Carleton, who contributed several tunes to Ryan’s, and the name may be a pseudonym. The title is in quotation marks in Ryan’s, and the meaning of the title is obscure. There is a particularly unattractive Atlantic coast bottom-dwelling fish named the Sea Raven, popularly called a “Sally Growler” ('horsehead' or 'toadfish') although what connection this might have is unknown. Don Meade believes the names of both the tune and the fish derive from another, now-obscure source. As with several tunes from the Ryan's/Cole's collections (for decades the only large source for fiddle tunes) the hornpipe was picked up by fiddlers around the United States. | ||
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<font color=red>''Recorded sources'': </font> <font color=teal> - | <font color=red>''Recorded sources'': </font> <font color=teal> - Rounder Records, Roger Cooper - "Essence of Old Kentucky." Terry Morris - "Texas Fiddling Treasures." </font>\ | ||
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See/hear fiddler Vi Wickham play the tune on youtube.com [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6avW1S9Bso]<br> | |||
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SALLY GROWLER. American, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A composition credited to Harry Carleton in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883). Nothing is known of the elusive Harry Carleton, who contributed several tunes to Ryan’s, and the name may be a pseudonym. The title is in quotation marks in Ryan’s, and the meaning of the title is obscure. There is a particularly unattractive Atlantic coast bottom-dwelling fish named the Sea Raven, popularly called a “Sally Growler” ('horsehead' or 'toadfish') although what connection this might have is unknown. Don Meade believes the names of both the tune and the fish derive from another, now-obscure source. As with several tunes from the Ryan's/Cole's collections (for decades the only large source for fiddle tunes) the hornpipe was picked up by fiddlers around the United States.