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PULL DOWN THE BLIND. AKA and see “Somebody’s Watching.” Irish, Waltz. D Major ('A' and 'C' parts) & G Major ('C' and 'D' parts). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABCCD. A "Pull down the blind" waltz was published in New Jersey in 1876, arranged by A. Peck. It has a somewhat similar first strain to the Irish versions, but the second strains are entirely different. However, "Pull down the blind" began as music hall song by Charles McCarthy--the title being a well-established gag line:

Did you every make love? If not, have a try.
I courted a girl once, so bashful and shy,
A fair little creature, who, by the by,
At coaxing and wheedling had such a nice way;
Ev'ry night to her house I went
In harmless delight our evenings were spent,
She had a queer saying, whatever she meant,
For whenever I entered the house she would say:

Cho:
Pull down the blind, love, pull down the blind,
Pull down the blind, love, come don't be unkind;
Though we're alone, bear this in mind
Somebody's looking, love, pull down the blind.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Morrison (How to Play the Globe Accordion Irish Style), 1931; p. 19. Roche (Collection of Traditional Irish Music, vol. 3), 1927; No. 153, p. 50.

Recorded sources: Green Linnet SIF3040, De Dannan - "Ballroom" (1987).

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