Annotation:Rattlin' Bog

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RATTLIN' BOG, THE. AKA and see "Bog Down in the Valley-O." Irish, Polka: English, Morris Dance Tune (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. There are some similarities between this tune and the Scots melody “John McAlpin(e).” The tune is used for a polka step in the North-West (England) morris dance tradition.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, vol. 1), 1999; p. 10. Wade (Mally’s North West Morris Book), 1988; p. 13.

Recorded sources:

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