Annotation:Washington Quadrille
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WASHINGTON QUADRILLE. AKA and see “Up and Down Old Eagle Creek,” “Taylor’s Quickstep (2).” Old Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. C Major (‘A’ part) & G Major (‘B’ part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB’. Each strain is in a different key, a format known in some parts of the United States as a "quadrille".
Source for notated version: fiddler Andy Palmer of north-central Kentucky group Jimmie Johnson’s String Band [Phillips].
Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 164.
Recorded sources: Champion 16389 (78 RPM), Jimmie Johnson's String Band (). Morning Star 45003, Jimmie Johnson’s String Band – “Wink the Other Eye: Old Time Fiddle Band Music from Kentucky” (1980).
See also listing at:
Hear Jimmie Johnson's String Band's recording on youtube.com [1] [2] and at Slippery Hill [3] (tune with square dance calls).