Come to the Raffle

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 Theme code Index    1415 4327L
 Also known as    Tongs by the Fire (1), Tongs by the Fire (The)
 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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 Title of recording    
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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 Bag | {g}fef g2 :|
|:d | gdB gdB | gfa gdB | ({a}g)fg eag | fdd def |
gbg faf | ege def | gdB ({B}A)GA | BGG G2 :||