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Theme code Index	1127L 151H7
Also known as	Prairie Hornpipe, Coming Down from Denver, Cowboys (2), Halfway House (The), Turnpike (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Contra
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4, 2/2
History	USA(Mid Atlantic)
Structure	AB, AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Bradbury Ryan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Ryan's Mammoth Collection
Tune and/or Page number	p. 44
Year of publication/Date of MS	1883
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Tune annotations

X: 1
T: 20. LARDNER'S REEL [1]
B: Sam Bayard, "Hill Country Tunes" 1944 #20
S: Played by Irvin Yaugher Jr, Mt Independence, PA, Oct 19 1943. Learned by ear from other local fiddling.
N: Bayard points out that variants of the first half of this tune are found frequently in
N: the American instrumental tradition, "it seems to have no steadfast association with
N: any one second strain."
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
Z: 2010 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
K: A
[A2E2] |\
[A2E2]Ac BA^/GB | Acef/g/ a2ga |\
bgeg aece | fedc BAGB |
A2Ac BA^/GB | Acef/g/ a2g>b | bgeg aece | fedB A2 || z2 |
E2[A2E2] [BE]AGB | [A2E2][cE][AE] eAcA |\
B2de fedf | e2ge "a."bgeg |
agae faec | defg agaf |\
eagf edcB | A2^/c2 A2 |]
P:VAR:
"a."bge2 |] y8 y8 y8 y8 y8 y8 y8 y8

X:2
T:Lardner's Reel [1]
M:C|
L:1/8
K:A
|:A2 Ac BA GB|Ac eg a2 ga|bg eg ag fe|dc BA GB EG|
A2 Ac BA GB|Ac eg a2 ga|bg eg ag ae|fd BG A2 E2:|
|:E2 GE BE GB|A2 cA eA cA|B2 ^dB fB dB|e2 ge bg eg|
A2 GA B2 AB|c2 Bc d2 ed|c2 BA E2 G2|A4 A2:|

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