X:1
T:Muddy Waters [1]
S:Sarah Armstrong (Derry, southwestern Pa.)
M:4/4
L:1/8
B:Bayard - Hill Country Tunes (1944, No. 43)
K:D
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F2D2 DEFD|E2A,2A,3E|F2 EF G2 FE|D2F2D2:|
|:A2|d3e f2 ed|d2 ed cB A2|d3e fede|f2a2 a3A|
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MUDDY WATER [1]. AKA and see "Durroch's Hornpipe." Old-Time, Breakdown or Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Bayard (1944) once thought this tune a version of the Irish Jig "Walls of Liscarroll (The)," but later (1981) reconsidered that it was rather a version of the Pennsylvania tune "Durroch's Hornpipe" (derived from the Irish "O'Dwyer's Hornpipe (1)"). It has been suggested (by, for one, Louie W. Attebery in his article "The Fiddle Tune: An American Artifact" {1979}) that the name change from "Walls of Liscarroll" to "Muddy Water" came about in a process of naturalization due to anti-British sentiments during the War of 1812. Sarah Armstrong
Additional notes Source for notated version : - Mrs. biography:Sarah Armstrong (Derry, Pa., 1943) [Bayard].
