You Bet

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Theme code Index	12 16 1H5 31
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Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Contra
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History	USA(New England)
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Bradbury Ryan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Ryan's Mammoth Collection
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS	1883
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YOU BET. American, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The composition is credited to James (“Jimmy”) Hand in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883), but clearly the ‘A’ part belongs to the “Off to California (1)” family of tunes, a rather numerous and widespread strain (there are other examples contained in the same collection). There is also a Johnny Hand to whom several tunes are attributed in Ryans, and they were perhaps brothers from the Boston area, or father and son.

Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 20. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg.

X:1
T:You Bet
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D | G>B A/G/E/D/ | G/B/d/g/ e>f | {a}g/f/g/e/ d/B/A/c/ | B/G/A/F/ G/F/E/D/ | G>B A/G/E/D/ | 
G/B/d/g/ e>f | {a}g/f/g/e/ d/B/g/e/ | d/B/A/B/ G :: .g(d/g/) e/d/g/d/ | e/a/a/b/ a/g/e/f/ | .g(d/g/) e/d/g/d/ | 
e/g/f/a/ .g(g/a/) | b/b/b/e/ a/a/a/f/ | {a}g/g/g/e/ .d(e/f/) | {a}g/f/g/e/ d/B/g/e/ | d/B/A/F/ G z :|