Come to the Raffle

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Theme code Index	1415 4327L
Also known as	Tongs by the Fire (1)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Bradbury Ryan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Ryan's Mammoth Collection
Tune and/or Page number	p. 84
Year of publication/Date of MS	1883
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COME TO THE RAFFLE. AKA and see "Tongs by the Fire [1]." American, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composition credited to Jas. Hand (Ryan/Cole). Unfortunately, nothing is known for certain about who he was, although he may have been a stage performer or band-leader from Massachusetts in the mid-19th century. It also appears he had a relative (brother?, father?) as some compositions in Ryan's Mammoth are attributed to a Johnny Hand.

Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 56. O'Neill (1915 ed.), 1987; No. 180, p. 98 (appears as "Tongs by the Fire"). Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 84.

X:1
T:Come to the Raffle
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
D | GBd cAF | .G(ge) dBG | (c>e).c BdB | ABG F>ED | GBd cAF | 
Gge dBd | cec Bgf | edc d2 :: d | gdB gdB | gfa gdB | ({a}g)fg eag | 
fdd def | gbg faf | ege def | gdB ({B}A)GA | BGG G2 :||