Close to the Floor (1)

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Theme code Index	5521 2L242
Also known as	Father Tom's Wager, Frog in the Well (1) (The), Paddy O'Brien's Jig
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland, Canada, United States
Genre/Style	Cape Breton/PEI, Contra, Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History	Canada/Maritimes (English)"Canada/Maritimes (English)" 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	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Bradbury Ryan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Ryan's Mammoth Collection
Tune and/or Page number	p. 86
Year of publication/Date of MS	1883
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CLOSE TO THE FLOOR [1]. AKA and see "Father Tom's Wager," "The Frog in the Well [1]," "Paddy O'Brien's Jig." Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. One of several compositions credited to J. Hand in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (Don Meade believes that brothers John and James Hand were Boston-area fiddlers and entertainers in the mid-19th century). The tune was recorded by the Cape Breton trio the MacLellan Trio on a 78 RPM disc.

Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 57. Kennedy (Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 20, p. 7. Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; p. 23. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 86.

Recorded sources: Rounder CD7018, Frank Ferrel - "Boston Fiddle: The Dudley Street Tradition." Rounder CD 11661-7033-2, Natalie MacMaster - "My Roots are Showing" (2000). See also listings at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1], Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]

X:1
T:Close to the Floor [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
(B/c/) | (d>g).e d>BG | .A(EF) G>DB, | G,B,D GBd | {d}cBc ABc | (dg).e d>BG | 
A>(EF) G>DB, | G,B,D GAc | BGG G2 :: (d/c/) | .B.d.(g b).a.g | .f.e(d c).A.F | 
(DG).G (FA).A |(GB).B .A(Bc)|.B(dg) b>a(g | g).f.e dBG|c>(ec B>)AG |.A(EF) G2 :||