Annotation:Across the River

Samuel Bayard (Hill Country Tunes, 1944) prints a tune (#26) collected around Dunbar, western Pennsylvania, which is similar to the 'A' part of "Across the River." An untitled tune in a later publication by Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle, 1981, No. 512, pg. 464), collected in the 1930's, also "slightly resembles" "Across the River" as printed in Ira Ford's collection. Bayard thought that both tunes were made up of strains "familiar everywhere", and condidered they may have been played by fifers due to the lilt and cadence.

X:1 T:Old Dance M:6/8 L:1/8 B:Bayard - Dance to the Fiddle (1981, No. 512) K:C d|e2d c>Bc|d2c A2 G/A/|B2A G^FG|A2G E2 c/d/|e2d cBc| d2c A2A|B2A G>AB|(c3 c2)||:E/D/|(C3 C2) E/F/|(G3 G2)c/d/|(e3 e2>)dc/A/| (G3 G2) (3E/F/E/|(D3 D2)E|(F3 F2) (d|d2)d A2B|(c3 c2)||

X2 T:Dance Tune M:6/8 L:1/8 B:Bayard - Hill Country Tunes (1944, No. 26) K:G g2^f g2a|gec G3|fdB GAB|cBA G3| g2^f g2a|gec G3|fdB GAB|(c3 c3):| |:c3 _B3|Acf a3|_b3 d3|fef gfd| c3 _B3|Acf a3|_b3 d2e|fag f3:||