Root Hog or Die (1)

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 Theme code Index    1350 51H20
 Also known as    Root Hog or Die
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Contra
 Meter/Rhythm    Hornpipe/Clog
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    3 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/4
 History    
 Structure    AB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:William Bradbury Ryan
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Ryan's Mammoth Collection
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 118
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1883
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    
 Media    
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X:1 T:Root Hog or Die [1] M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Clog dance tune S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A E | A/B/c/d/ e/c/z/e/ | e/c/a/c/ Bz/B/ | B/c/d/e/ f/d/z/f/ | f/d/b ez/e/ | e/f/g/a/ b/b/z/g/ | a/g/f/e/ az/c/ | d/B/c/A/ B/e/z/e/ | e/c/d/B/ A2 || (3a/a/a/a (3g/g/g/g | (3f/f/f/f c/e/z/e/ | E/A/F/A/ G/A/z/A/ | c/A/B/c/ F/A/z/A/ | .a.a .g.g (3f/f/f/f c/e/z/e/ | E/A/F/A/ G/A/z/A/ | c/A/B/G/ A ||

X:1 T:Root Hog or Die C:Dan Emmett M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel B:Coes Album of Jigs and Reels, something new, for professional and amateur violinists, B:leaders of orchestras, quadrille bands, and clog, reel and jig dancers; consisting of a B:Grand Collection of entirely New and Original Clog-Hornpipes, Reels, jigs, B:Scotch Reels, Irish Reels and Jigs, Waltzes, Walk-Arounds, etc. (1876, p. 10) N:Coes performed with the San Francisco Minstrels in California from 1852 to 1859. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A,|A,/4A,/4z/B,/ D>E|G/E/D/F/ F/<A/ z/A/|{c}B/A/B/c/ d/c/d/B/|A/F/D/F/ E/D/B,| A,/A,/z/B,/ D>E|F/E/D/E/ F/A/z/A/|{c}B/A/B/c/ d/c/d/B/|A/F/E/F/ Dz:| |:DF A/F/ z/F/|A/F/c E2|EG B/G/z/G/|B/G/e A2| Ac e/c/ z/c/|e/c/a d2|A,C E/C/ z/C/|E/C/E D:| |:(3A/B/c/|dc/d/ B/d/A/d/|B/d/A/d/ B/F/z/F/|z/A,/B, D>E|F/E/D/F/ E/B,/z/B,/| z/B,/B, D>E|F/E/D/E/ F/F/z/A/|{c}B/A/B/c/ d/c/d/B/|A/F/E/F/ D:|]