Bumblebee in the Jug (1)

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Theme code Index	1155 4476
Also known as	Bumblebee in a Jug, Bumblebee in a Jar
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	USA(Upland South), USA/Central"USA/Central" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Stacy Phillips
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Traditional American Fiddle Tunes vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number	p. 42
Year of publication/Date of MS	1994
Artist	Biography:George Hawkins
Title of recording	Traditional Fiddle Music of Kentucky vol. 1
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Rounder 0376
Year recorded
Media
Score ()

BUMBLEBEE IN THE/A JUG, THE. AKA - "Bumblebee in a Jar." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Kentucky, Indianna. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Phillips): AABB' (Songer). The coarse part is supposed to imitate a bee trapped in a jug. John Hartford (1996) traces the tune through successive fiddlers. Most modern versions derived from George "Geo" Lee Hawkins of Bath County, Kentucky, who learned it from Tom Riley whose parents had emigrated from Ireland to Flemming County, Kentucky. Tom Riley later moved to Marion County, Indiana, where Dick (John) Summers picked it up. Hawkins also taught the tune to Bruce Greene and Jane Harrod, from whom Hartford and Roger Cooper learned it. Hawkins and Cooper play the tune in the key of 'C'. Alfred Bailey also has a version of "Bumblebee in the Jug," that is distanced from the Hawkins tune.

Source for notated version: Joel Shimberg [Phillips].

Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 42. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 42.

Recorded sources: Rounder 0376, Geo Hawkins - "Traditional Fiddle Music of Kentucky, vol. 1." Rounder 0380, Roger Cooper (Garrison, Ky.). Rounder CD0392, John Hartford - "Wild Hog in the Red Brush and a Bunch of Others You Might Not Have Heard" (1996).

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