Annotation:Mountain Ranger Hornpipe (1)
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MOUNTAIN RANGER HORNPIPE [1]. AKA and see "Mountain Top (The)," "Quilty (The)," "Quilty Boat (The)," "Rose Bud Reel/Rosebud Reel." American, Irish, Scottish; Hornpipe. USA; New England. B Flat Major (Cole, Ford, Kerr, Miller & Perron, Tolman): D Major (Sweet). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. William Bradbury Ryan prints dance steps by the same name with the tune.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 102. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; p. 112 (appears as "Mountain Ranger"). Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 396, p. 44. Miller & Perron (Masters of Old Time Fiddling), 1983; No. 123. Sweet (Fifer's Delight), 1965/1981; p. 45. Tolman (Nelson Music Collection), 1969; p. 13 (appears as "Mountain Ranger"). Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 138. White's Unique Collection, 1896; No. 130, p. 23.
Recorded sources: Kicking Mule KM216, Strathspey - "New England Contra Dance Music" (1977).
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]