Annotation:Old Virginia Reel (2)
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OLD VIRGINIA REEL [2]. AKA and see "Rustic Dance (2)," "Rustic Reel (1)," "Off She Goes (1)," "Off She Goes For Butter and Cheese." American, Jig. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. An American title for a British jig, widely known as "Off She Goes (1)." 'Reel' refers here not to the duple-time tune form, but the dance figure of the same name.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Harding's All-Round Collection, 1905; No. 191.
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