Annotation:Paddy on the Pike

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PADDY ON THE PIKE. AKA and see "Half Past Four." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, West Virginia. A Major. Standard or AEae tuning (fiddle). ABCC'. Not "Paddy on the Turnpike," which was also in the repertoire of fiddler Wilson Douglas [1]. East Kentucky fiddler Ed Haley played the tune as "Half Past Four."

Source for notated version: the late Wilson Douglas (Braxton County, W.Va.) [Phillips].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 179.

Recorded sources: Marimac Cassette AHS 01, Wilson Douglas - "Boatin' Up Sandy" (1989). Rounder CD0364, Wilson Douglas - “The Marimac Anthology: Deep in Old-Time Music” (1996). Wilson Douglas - "The Right Hand Fork of Rush's Creek."

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Hear a 1973 field recording of Douglas playing the tune at the Digital Library of Appalachia [3] and Berea Digital Content [4]
See/hear a jam session recording of the tune [5]
See Austin Rogers' standard notation transcription of the tune [6]