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Theme code Index	5L111 3565
Also known as	Bunch of Keys (1), Flowers of Limerick (1), Half Past Four, Indian Nation (1), Jenny on the Railroad, Mills are Grinding (The), Old Town Reel, Paddy on the Handcar, Paddy on the Handlecar, Telephone Reel, Pigeon on the Gatepost (1)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Canada, Ireland, United States
Genre/Style	Bluegrass, Cape Breton/PEI, Irish, Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 flat
Mode	Dorian
Time signature	2/2
History	USA(Upland South), USA(Piedmont), CANADA(Maritimes/English)
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Septimus Winner
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Excelsior Collection for the Violin
Tune and/or Page number	p. 31
Year of publication/Date of MS	1864
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Tune annotations

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T:Paddy on the Turnpike [1]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Septimus Winner - Excelsior Collection for the Violin (1864, p. 31)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Gmin
DGG^F G2 GA|BGdG BGdG|DFF=E F2 FG|AFcF AFcF|
DGG^F G2 GA|BABc d2 de|fgfd cAFG|AGG^F G2z2:|
|:Gggg g2 dg|bg~g2 bg~g2|Ffff f2 cf|af ~f2 af~f2|
Gggg g2 dg|bg ~g2 bg~g2|defd cAFG|AGG^F G2z2:|]


X: 3
%
T: Paddy on the Turnpike [1]
O: Ohio 1842
S: Cari Fuchs' collection
B: Cole p.23
B: Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883
B: Richmond County, Ohio, musician Ruben Fisher's notebook, 1842
L: 1/8
N: See also "Bunch of Keys", the same tune in G Mixolydian.
Z: 1998 by John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C|
K: GDor
|: "Gm"DGG^F  G2GA | BGdG    _eGdG |  "F"DFFE  F2FG |     AFcF    dFcF  |
|  "Gm"DGG^F ~G2GA | BAGA     Bcde |  "F"fefd  cAFA | "D7"BGA^F "Gm"G4 :|
|: "Gm"dgg^f  g2ga | baga "C7"bage |  "F"dffg ~f2fg |     agfg    agfe  |
|  "Gm"dgg^f  g2ga | bagf "C7"dcde |  "F"fefd  cAFA | "D7"BGA^F "Gm"G4 :|

X:1
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T:Paddy on the Turnpike [1]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:Gdor
|: DG G^F G2GA | BG dG eG dG | DF FE F2FG | AF cF dF cF|
DG G^F G2GA | BA GA Bc de | fe fd cA FA | BG AF G4 :|
|: dg g^f g2 ga | ba ga bg af | df fg f2 fg | ag fg af gf | 
dg g^f g2 ga |ba gf dc de | fe fd cA FA | BG AF G4 :|]

X: 1
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T: 31A. PADDY ON THE TURNPIKE
B: Sam Bayard, "Hill Country Tunes" 1944 #31A
S: Played by Irvin Yaugher Jr, Mt Independence, PA, Oct 19 1943. As played by his great-uncle.
N: The 4/4+5/4 time signature was used by Bayard, to say that some bars contain 5 beats.
R: reel
M: 45/44
L: 1/8
Z: 2010 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
K: Ador
((3EFG) |\
A3^G A2"a."AB | ^cdef gfed | BG-G2 G2 ((3DEF) GA | BGAF GFED |
"b."EAA^G A2A2 | BABd e2d2 ef | gage dBGB | ^/cABG A2 :: z2 |
ea-ab a3f | bfaf "c."gfed | efga g3g | bfaf ^/ge dz |
eaab a3f | bfaf ^/ge dz ef | gage dBGB | ^/cABG A2 :|
P: VAR:
"a"B2 || "b."EAA2 || "c."ge dz |] y8 y8 y8 y8 y8 y8

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