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Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Bob Walters (Burt County, Nebraska) [Christeson]; Highwoods String Band (N.Y.) and Delaware Water Gap [Brody]; Lewis L. Jillson (Bernardston, Mass.) [Linscott]; Henry Reed (W.Va) [Krassen]; John Baltzell (Ohio, 1923) [Bronner]; Archie Thorpe, c. 1940 (Hornell, N.Y.) [Bronner]; Steffy (Pa., 1949), William Shape (Greene County, Pa., 1944), James Morris (Greene County, Pa., 1944), and Samuel Losch (Juniata County, Pa., 1930's) [Bayard]; Alan Block and Ron West (Vt.) [Phillips]; Rodney Miller (N.H.) [Phillips]; a c. 1837–1840 MS by Shropshire musician John Moore [Ashman]; Gene Goforth (1921–2002, High Ridge, near St. Louis, Mo.), learned from Roy Wooliver [Beisswenger & McCann]; a c. 1847 manuscript by Ellis Knowles, a musician from Radcliffe, Lancashire, England [Plain Brown]. Joshua Campbell's 1788 Collection [RSCDS].
Printed sources : - Adam (Old Time Fiddlers' Favorite Barn Dance Tunes), 1928; No. 59.
Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4), 1796; No. 81, p. 33.
Ashman (Ironbridge Hornpipe), 1991; No. 40a, p. 14.
Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; p. 87.
Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 343A–D, pp. 329–331.
Beisswenger & McCann (Ozarks Fiddle Music), 2008; p. 45.
Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; p. 194–195 (two versions).
Bronner (Old Time Music Makers of New York State), 1987; No. 5, pp. 32–33 (includes variations) and No. 18, p. 87.
Burchenal (American Country Dances, vol. 1), 1918; p. 55.
Cahusac (Pocket Companion, vol. 2), c. 1798, p. 35.
Joshua Campbell (A Collection of New Reels & Highland Strathspeys), Glasgow, 1789; p. 41.
Cazden (Dances from Woodland), 1945; p. 15.
Cazden (Dances from Woodland), 1955; p. 31.
R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddler's Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; p. 15.
Christian (A Playford Assembly), 2015; p. 73.
Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 31 & p 128.
Cuillerier (Joseph Allard), 1992; p. 11.
Joseph Dale (Dale’s Selection of the most favorite Country Dances, Reels &c.), London, c. 1800; p. 24.
Ditson (The Boston Collection of Instrumental Music), c. 1850; p. 60.
Doyle (Plain Brown Tune Book), 1997; p. 35.
Emmerson (Rantin' Pipe and Tremblin' String), 1971; No. 63, p. 153.
Ford (Traditional Music of America), 1940; p. 52.
Lovett (Good Morning: Music, Calls and Directions for Old Time Dancing), 1943 (4th edition).
Gow (Complete Repository, Part 1), 1799; pp. 10–11.
William Gunn (The Caledonian Repository of Music Adapted for the Bagpipes), Glasgow, 1848; p. 35.
Harding Collection (1905, 1932) and Harding's Original Collection (1928); No. 44.
Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; p. 13 (Strathspey).
Howe (Complete Preceptor for the Accordeon), 1843; p. 30.
Howe (School for the Violin), 1851; p. 21.
Howe (Diamond School for the Violin), 1861; p. 41.
Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 74.
Hunter (The Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 84 (two settings).
Jarman (Old Time Fiddlin' Tunes), No. or p. 28.
Johnson (Kitchen Musician No. 10: Airs & Melodies of Scotland's Past), 1992 (revised 2001); p. 11.
Kennedy (Fiddler's Tune-Book, vol. 2), 1954; p. 17.
Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 2), c. 1880's; No. 116, p. 14.
Kimball & Bohrer (Sackett's Harbor), 1994.
Krassen (Appalachian Fiddle), 1973; p. 70–71.
J. Kenyon Lees (Balmoral Reel Book), c. 1910; p. 18.
Linscott (Folk Songs of Old New England), 1939; p. 98.
Joseph Lowe (Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, book 1), 1844–1845; p. 13.
Donald MacDonald (A Collection of Ancient Martial Music of Caledonia), 1822; p. 7.
MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 12.
Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; pp. 49 & 54.
McGlashan (Collection of Reels), 1786; p. 19.
McGoun (Repository of Scots and Irish Airs), 1803.
Miller & Perron (New England Fiddler's Repertoire), 1983; No. 107.
Moffat (Dance Music of the North), 1908; No. 10, p. 5.
O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 125.
O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1361, p. 254.
O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 614, p. 111 ("Irish style").
O'Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 221.
Peacock (Favorite Collection of Tunes with Variations), c. 1805; No. 8, p. 2.
Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; p. 155 (two versions).
Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 171.
Edward Riley (Riley's Flute Melodies vol. 2), New York, 1817; No. 268.
Robbins (Collection of 200 Jigs, Reels, and Country Dances), 1933; Nos. 120 and 177.
Robinson (Massachusetts Collection of Martial Musick), 2nd ed., 1820; p. 53.
Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, Book 11, No. 2.
Ruth (Pioneer Western Folk Tunes), 1948; No. 20, p. 9.
Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; pp. 57 & 168.
Saunders (New and Scientific Self-Instructing School for the Violin), Boston, 1847; No. 1, p. 98.
Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; pp. 106–107 (includes a pipes set).
Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 158.
Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; p. 8.
Sweet (Fifer's Delight), 1964/1981; p. 61.
Sym (Sym's Old Time Dances), 1930; p. 5.
White's Unique Collection, 1896; No. 54, p. 10.
White's Excelsior Collection, 1907; p. 27.
Winner (New American School for the Banjo), 1883; p. 30 (appears as "Highland Fling").
Recorded sources : - Adelphi 2004, Delaware Water Gap – "String Band Music."
Alcazar Dance Series FR 203, Rodney Miller – "New England Chestnuts" (1980).
Celtic CX022 (78 RPM), "Little" Jack MacDonald.
CLM 1006, Carl MacKenzie (appears as "Sir Archibald Grant of Mony Musk Strathspey").
Columbia A2837 77257 (78 RPM), Patrick J. Scanlon.
Compass Records 7 4446 2, Oisíin McAuley – "From the Hills of Donegal" (2007).
Decca 14023 (78 RPM), Alex "Alick" Gillis/The Inverness Serenaders.
Edison Blue Amberol #1522 (cylinder), National Promenade Band (1912).
Edison 51354 (78 RPM), John Baltzell (Ohio), 1923.
Edison 51381 (78 RPM), Jasper Bisbee (Michigan), 1923.
F & I 001, Fiddlesticks & Ivory – "Ghillies On The Golden Gate."
F&W Records 3, "Canterbury Country Dance Orchestra."
Folkways RBF 115, Joseph Guilmette – "Masters of French Canadian Music, vol. 4" (originally recorded 1931).
Fretless 118, Marie Rhines – "The Reconcilliation."
John Edwards Memorial Foundation JEMF-105, Ron West – "New England Traditional Fiddling" (1978).
June Appal 007, Tommy Hunter – "Deep in Tradition" (1976. Learned from a Library of Congress recording).
Living Folk LFR-104, Allan Block – "Alive and Well and Fiddling."
Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers' Association, Cyril Stinnett – "Plain Old Time Fiddling."
Philo 1010, Jean Carignan – "Hommage a Joseph Allard."
PearlMae Muisc 004-2, Jim Taylor – "The Civil War Collection" (1996. Two versions: one from Henry Reed, Glen Lyn, Va.,; one from Buck Brewer, Marion, Ky., who was a musician on riverboats that ran on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers).
Rodeo RLP 75, John A MacDonald – "Marches, Strathspeys, Reels and Jigs of the Cape Breton Scot."
Rounder 0045, Highwoods String Band – "Dance All Night."
Rounder 0042, John Hartford – "Hamilton Ironworks" (2001. Appears as "Wooliver's Money Musk").
Rounder CD0388, Gene Goforth – "Emminence Breatkdown" (1997).
RTE Records, Jimmy Lyons – "The Donegal Fiddle."
Rounder, Walt Koken – "Finger Lakes Ramble."
Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40126, Bob McQuillen & Old New England – "Choose Your Partners: Contra Dance & Square Dance Music of New Hampshire" (1999).
TAC002, Don Bartlett & The Scotians – "Play Favourites" (as Sir Archibald Grant Of Monymusk).
Victor 263130b (78 RPM), A.J. Bouley (1922. Appears as 2nd tune in "Jigues pot pourri")
Victor 263527-b (78 RPM), Joseph Allard.
See also listing at :
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [1] [2]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [3]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [4] [5]
Hear Don Messer’s recording of the reel at Ted McGraw’s site [6]
Hear accordion player Patrick Scanlon's recording at the Internet Archive [7] (2nd tune in medley, following "Keel Row (The)").
Hear the 1912 recording by the Edison Concert Band at the Internet Archive [8]
Hear the 1912 recording by the National Promenade Band at the Internet Archive [9]
Hear accordion player John J. Kimmel's (1866-1942) recording at the Internet Archive, played as a 'sword dance' [10]
Hear Bob Walter's (Nebraska) version at Slippery Hill [11]
See a transcription of Uncle Bob Walter's version at the Fiddle Hangout [12]
Hear Roy Wooliver's (Missouri) version at Slippery Hill [13]
See a copy of "Money Musk" in Thomas Jefferson's handwriting [http://explorer.monticello.org/?s1=0
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