Annotation:Republican Set (The)

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X:1 T:Republican Set, The T:Doc Boyd's Jig T:Old Jubiter M:6/8 L:1/8 S:Frank King (1960, southwestern Pa.) B:Bayard - Dance to the Fiddle, March to the Fife (1981, No. 526) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D (3A/B/c/|dcd AFA|dfb a2f|efg ABc|def A2 B/c/| dcd AFA|dfb a2f|efg ABc|dfe d2|| (3f/g/a/|bab baf|afa agf|gfg gfg|a3 f2 (3f/g/a/| bab baf|afa agf|efg ABc|dfe d2||

REPUBLICAN SET, THE. AKA and see "Doc Boyd's Jig," "Old Jubiter." American, Canadian; Jig or March. USA, southwestern Pa., Michigan. D Major (Bayard-King): G Major (Bayard-Horner). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A jig of unknown provenance. Paul Gifford notes the tune has been collected from Michigan sources, and Montreal fiddler Joseph Allard recorded it in the early 1930's as "Reel de I'île Bizard." Ira Ford included a version in his Traditional Music in America (1940) as "Old Jubiter"--a collection of largely tunes he encountered in Missouri, but which came from a variety of source from widespread areas.

Additional notes

Sources for notated versions: - Frank King (fiddler and fifer from Westmoreland County, Pa., 1960) and Old Amzi Eccles via Hiram Horner (fifers from Westmoreland and Fayette Counties, Pa., 1960) [Bayard].

Printed sources : - Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 526A-B, pp. 471-472.

Recorded sources: -