Annotation:Girl with the Blue Dress On (1) (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
GIRL WITH THE BLUE DRESS ON [1], THE. AKA and see "Babes in the Woods (1)," "Din Tarrant's," "Pat McNicholas'," "Tony Lowe's Polka (1)." English, Polka and/or Morris Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A standard in the English country and morris dance repertoire, it is often heard played (under alternate titles) at Irish ceilis and American contra dances as well. The melody is used for a polka step in the North-West morris dance tradition of England. The 'B' part is melodically similar to the "Redowa Polka."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: S. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 4: Collection of Fine Tunes), 1983 (revised 1991, 2001); p. 8. Kennedy (Fiddler's Tune Book), vol. 2, 1954; p. 25. Mallinson (100 Irish Polkas), 1997; No. 57, p. 22. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 146. Sannella, Balance and Swing (CDSS). Wade (Mally's North-West Morris Book), 1988; p. 12.
Recorded sources:
See also listings at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [1]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [3]