Annotation:Box the Fox
X: 1 T: Box the Fox C: R-64 M: C| Z: Transcribed to abc by Mary Lou Knack R: reel K: D ag| "D"fgaf dfaf| "G"gabg "A"e2ed| cdec "(A7)"Acec| "D"dedB A2ag| "D"fgaf dfaf| "G"gabg "A"e2ed| cdec "(A7)"Acec| "D"d6:| |:dB| "D"A2f2- f2fd| "G"Bdg2 g2ga| "D"fgfd "A"efec| "D"dedB A2dB| "D"A2f2- f2fd| "G"Bdg2 g2ga| "D"fgfd "A"efec| "D"d6:| %%text 9/1/98. As played by Bob Carlin
BOX (THE) FOX. AKA and see "Double Hornpipe," "Blockhouse Dutchman." American, Reel. USA, central and southwestern Pa. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1894) gives that 'box the fox' means to rob an orchard, i.e. steal apples, in British and Irish usage. See also the similar first strain of the Trois copains' "Reel Ti'-phonse," recorded in Montreal in 1939.