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Theme code Index	3b17bL7bL 253b1
Also known as	Kitty in the Fog, Kitten and the Frog (The), Stonecutter's Jig (The), Young Tom Ennis, Mug of Brown Ale (2) (The), Rambler From Clare (1) (The), One Bottle More (2)
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Contra, Military
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille, March/Marche
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Dorian
Time signature	6/8
History	USA(Mid Atlantic)
Structure	AA'BB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Samuel Bayard
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Dance to the Fiddle March to the Fife
Tune and/or Page number	No. 601A-E, pp. 528-530
Year of publication/Date of MS	1981
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COUNTY DOWN [1]. AKA and see "Kitty in the Fog," "Kitten and the Frog (The)." Irish (originally), American; Jig. USA, southwestern Pa. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. Bayard (1981) identifies this as one of the tunes from an indistinct but probably Irish tune family that has incorporated a variety of usually floating titles. In southwestern Pa. it was known as a martial tune. See also the related "Stonecutter's Jig (The)," "Young Tom Ennis," "Banks of Lough Gowna," "Mug of Brown Ale (2) (The)," "Rambler from Clare (1) (The)," "One Bottle More (2)," "Ball of Ballynafeidh (The)/Humors of Ballnafeidh (The)."

Sources for notated versions: Hiram Horner, Hiram White, John Tustin, Hoge MS., George McCune (southwestern Pa. fifers and fiddlers) [Bayard].

Printed source: Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 601C, pp. 528-530.

X:1
T:County Down [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:George McCune (1944), a fiddler from Indiana County, Pa.
B:Bayard - Dance to the Fiddle, March to the Fife (1981, No. 601C)
K:Amin
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