Annotation:Patty on the Turnpike (2)

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PATTY ON THE TURNPIKE. See "Paddy on the Turnpike (1)." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Pennsylvania. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Source biography:Sarah Armstrong's version is a simplified variant of "Paddy on the Turnpike," albeit Armstrong's version is in major and not modal tonality. See Bayard's note for "Annotation:Paddy on the Turnpike (1)" for more on this tune and tune family.

Sarah Armstrong

Source for notated version: Mrs. Sarah Armstrong, (near) Derry, Pennsylvania, November 18, 1943 [Bayard].

Printed sources: Bayard (Hill Country Tunes), 1944; No. 31B.

Recorded sources:




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