Annotation:Saddle the Pony (1)

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X:1 T:Saddle the Pony [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Jerry O'Brien's Accordion Instructor (Boston, 1949) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G D|GBA G2B|def gdB|GBA G2B|AFD AFD| GBA G2B|def gfg|edB dBA|BGG G2:| |:B/d/|efe edB|def gfg|efe edB|dAA ABd| efe edB|def gfg|edB dBA|BGG G2:|]


SADDLE THE PONY [1]. AKA and see “Priest's Leap (2),” "Red Stocking (1)," “Rough Diamond.” Irish, New England; Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (most versions): AA’BB’ (Harker/Rafferty). "Saddle the Pony [1]" is often one of the first Irish jigs a young musician is taught. Mulvihill gives this tune as an accompaniment for the dance The Haymakers’ Jig. See also the related “Boy from Home.” "Down with the Tithes (2)" and "Widow Well Married (The)"

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].

Printed sources : - Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 169, p. 52. Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune Book, vol. 2), 1954; p. 40 (appears as "The Red Stocking"). McDermott (Allan's Irish Fiddler), c. 1920’s, No. 1, p. 2. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1983; No. 17. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 46, p. 128. O’Brien (Jerry O’Brien’s Accordion Instructor), 1949. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 105 (appears as "The Red Stocking"). Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 136. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, vol. 1), 1999; p. 31.

Recorded sources: - Copley Irish Records COP 5009, Joe Derrane & Jerry O'Brien - "Irish Accordion Masters" (1995. Reissue recordings). F&W Records 4, "The Canterbury Country Orchestra Meets the F&W String Band."

See also listings at:
Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info [2]


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