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'''HOOP DE DOODEN DO [1]'''. AKA and see "[[Rattlesnake Jig]]." American, Galop (2/4 or 6/8 time). C Major (Raven): D Major (Howe). Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Howe): AABB (Raven). "Hoop de dooden do" | '''HOOP DE DOODEN DO [1]'''. AKA and see "[[Rattlesnake Jig]]." American, Galop (2/4 or 6/8 time). C Major (Raven): D Major (Howe). Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Howe): AABB (Raven). A song credited to A. Nish. A Galop version of "Hoop de dooden do", attributed to Charles Louis Napoleon d'Albert (1809-1886), was published in 1860 [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?ammem/dukesm:@field%28NUMBER+@band%28b1070%29%29]. The lyric begins: | ||
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<br> | ''Some hundred years ago or so, Good ole Massa set me free,''<br> | ||
''Den de missus she did cry; "Hoop de dooden do!"''<br> | |||
''I clap't my trunk upon my back, And started for de railway track.''<br> | |||
''And soon I heard the whistle holler;''<br> | |||
''"Hoop de dooden do!"''<br> | |||
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Revision as of 20:17, 20 November 2011
Tune properties and standard notation
HOOP DE DOODEN DO [1]. AKA and see "Rattlesnake Jig." American, Galop (2/4 or 6/8 time). C Major (Raven): D Major (Howe). Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Howe): AABB (Raven). A song credited to A. Nish. A Galop version of "Hoop de dooden do", attributed to Charles Louis Napoleon d'Albert (1809-1886), was published in 1860 [1]. The lyric begins:
Some hundred years ago or so, Good ole Massa set me free,
Den de missus she did cry; "Hoop de dooden do!"
I clap't my trunk upon my back, And started for de railway track.
And soon I heard the whistle holler;
"Hoop de dooden do!"
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 162. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 148.
Recorded sources: