Boating Up Sandy (3)

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Theme code Index	7b564 5525
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Mixolydian
Time signature	4/4
History	USA/Upland South"USA/Upland South" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	ABB'
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Sara Lee Johnson
Book/Manuscript title	Book:The Kitchen Musician: Occasional Collection of Old-Timey Fiddle Tunes for Hammer Dulcimer Fiddle etc.
Tune and/or Page number	p. 9
Year of publication/Date of MS	1982
Artist	Wilson Douglas
Title of recording	Boatin' Up Sandy
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Marimac Recordings
Year recorded	1989
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BOATING UP SANDY [3]. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, West Virginia. A Mixoldyian (Phillips): A Dorian (Johnson). Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB'. The tune is a member of a tune family including "Hog Eye an' a 'Tater," "Hog Eye Man (1)," "Hog Eye," "Granny Will Your Dog Bite? (1)," "Sally in the Garden (1)," "Fire on/in the Mountain [1]" (there are several tunes by this name; it is a "floater"), and, in some respects "Betty Martin." Known as a West Virginia tune, it is in the repertoire of Wilson Douglas (W.Va.) who learned it from one of his strongest influences, the regionally famous and influential fiddler French Carpenter (W.Va.). Also in the repertoire of Braxton County, W. Va., fiddler Melvin Wine (d. 1999).

Source for notated version: Wilson Douglas (W.Va.) & Mel Marshall [Phillips].

Printed sources: Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; p. 50. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician: Occasional Collection of Old-Timey Fiddle Tunes for Hammer Dulcimer, Fiddle, etc.), 1982 (revised 1988 & 2003); p. 9. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 32.

Recorded sources: Document 8040, "The Hill Billies/Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters: Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, vol. 2" (reissue). Marimac Recordings, 1989, Wilson Douglas - "Boatin Up Sandy." Rounder 0024, "The Hollow Rock String Band" (1974. Learned from Doc White, Ivydale, W.Va., who called it "Gal with the Blue Dress On"). See also listing at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources []

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