Annotation:Fare You Well My Susan: Difference between revisions
(Created page with "[[{{BASEPAGENAME}}|Tune properties and standard notation]] ---- <p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"> '''FARE YOU WELL MY SUSAN'''. AKA and see "Frog in the Millpond." Old-Ti...") |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
<p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"> | <p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"> | ||
'''FARE YOU WELL MY SUSAN'''. AKA and see "Frog in the Millpond." Old-Time, Song or Dance Tune (4/4 time). USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Bayard collected this tune which was used as both a song and dance tune in southwestern Pa. He thinks sounds as if it may have come from the American minstrel tradition, and gives the ditty his source sang to it: | '''FARE YOU WELL MY SUSAN'''. AKA and see "Frog in the Millpond." Old-Time, Song or Dance Tune (4/4 time). USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Bayard collected this tune which was used as both a song and dance tune in southwestern Pa. He thinks sounds as if it may have come from the American minstrel tradition, and gives the ditty his source sang to it: | ||
<blockquote> | |||
Fare you well, my Susan. | ''Fare you well, my Susan.''<br> | ||
Fare you well, my dear. | ''Fare you well, my dear.''<br> | ||
Fare you well, my Susan | ''Fare you well, my Susan''<br> | ||
I'm goin' to leave you here-- | ''I'm goin' to leave you here--''<br> | ||
Chorus: | Chorus: <br> | ||
Frog in the millpond, hoppadoo, hoppadoo, | ''Frog in the millpond, hoppadoo, hoppadoo,''<br> | ||
Frog in the millpond, hoppadoodle day. | ''Frog in the millpond, hoppadoodle day.''<br> | ||
Frog in the millpond settin' on a log, | ''Frog in the millpond settin' on a log,''<br> | ||
Devil on the hillside gruntin' like a hog. | ''Devil on the hillside gruntin' like a hog.''<br> | ||
</blockquote> | |||
<br> | |||
< | |||
</font></p> | </font></p> | ||
<p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"> | <p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"> | ||
''Source for notated version'': | ''Source for notated version'': James Dains (Greene County, Pa., 1930's) [Bayard]. | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
</font></p> | </font></p> | ||
<p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"> | <p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"> | ||
''Printed sources'': | ''Printed sources'': Bayard ('''Dance to the Fiddle'''), 1981; No. 71, p. 48. | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
Revision as of 14:35, 24 April 2011
Tune properties and standard notation
FARE YOU WELL MY SUSAN. AKA and see "Frog in the Millpond." Old-Time, Song or Dance Tune (4/4 time). USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Bayard collected this tune which was used as both a song and dance tune in southwestern Pa. He thinks sounds as if it may have come from the American minstrel tradition, and gives the ditty his source sang to it:
Fare you well, my Susan.
Fare you well, my dear.
Fare you well, my Susan
I'm goin' to leave you here--
Chorus:
Frog in the millpond, hoppadoo, hoppadoo,
Frog in the millpond, hoppadoodle day.
Frog in the millpond settin' on a log,
Devil on the hillside gruntin' like a hog.
Source for notated version: James Dains (Greene County, Pa., 1930's) [Bayard].
Printed sources: Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 71, p. 48.
Recorded sources: