City Life

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Theme code Index	5553H 74H2H1H
Also known as	Violetta Hornpipe
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Contra
Meter/Rhythm	Hornpipe/Clog
Key/Tonic of	F
Accidental	1 flat
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Bradbury Ryan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Ryan's Mammoth Collection
Tune and/or Page number	p. 155
Year of publication/Date of MS	1883
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CITY LIFE. AKA and see "Violetta Hornpipe." American, Clog (Hornpipe). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune also appears in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) under the title "Violetta," as well as "City Life." The tune is similar to "Londonbridge Hornpipe (The)," "O'Keeffe's Hornpipe (2)," and "Showman's Fancy."

Printed source: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 118. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 155.

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T:City Life
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L:1/8
R:Clog
S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:F
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