Annotation:King Pippin Polka (1)

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KING PIPPIN POLKA. AKA - "My Auntie Jean." English, Polka. England, Dorset. G Major (Kerr):D Major (Roche, Trim). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Roche): AABB (Kerr, Trim). The melody was composed by Charles D'Albert (1864-1932), a Glasgow-born pianist and composer who was a student of Franz Liszt. D'Albert became a naturalized German citizen (he was the son of a French/Italian father and an English mother, never spoke English fluently, and considered himself to be German) and composed 21 operas, a symphony, two piano concerti, and numerous lesser works. Peter Kennedy says children sing words to the tune, beginning: "My mother says I never should play with gipsies in the wood." See also D'Albert's "Sweetheart's Waltz."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: McDermott (Allan's Ballroom Companion), p. 9. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 4), No. 408, p. 45. Roche, (Collection of Traditional Irish Music, vol. 2), 1912; No. 304 (appears as untitled tune in "Old 'Set' Tunes" section). Trim (Thomas Hardy), 1990; No. 77.

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