Annotation:O Tommy Come Tickle Me

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O TOMMY COME TICKLE ME. AKA and see "Campbells Are Coming (1) (The)," "Hob or Nob." American, Jig. USA, southwestern Pa. E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB. The tune has "a worn-down and altered second part--perhaps an entirely different strain from the usual second half of this exceedingly well-known tune" (Bayard, 1981). It takes its name from its associated rhyme:

O Tommy come tickle me, I'll tell you where:
Just under my navel there's a big bunch of hair.

Source for notated version: Hiram White (Pa., 1930's) [Bayard].

Printed sources: Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 539C, p. 479.

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