Annotation:Billy Fat's Dance
X:1 T:Billy Fat’s Dance M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Straight Jig B:Elias Howe – Musician’s Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7 (Boston, 1880-1882, p. 644) B: http://ks4.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/c/c7/IMSLP601433-PMLP562790-ONeill_Rare_Medium_M40_M8_v6.7_text.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C G|G/>A/G/>^F/ G/>A/G/>F/|Ge cz|G/>A/G/>^F/ G/>A/G/>F/|G=fd z| G/>A/G/>^F/ GB/c/|d/>e/d/>^c/ df|e{ef}gc{cd}e|c3:| |:B/c/|d2B2|GG zc/d/|e2c|G2G2 zB/c/|d/c/B/c/ dg| ddBB|ccAA|G2 zG|ce/d/ ce/d/|ce zG| df/e/ df/e/|df zf|e{f}gc{^d}e|AcGc|e2d2|c3:|
BILLY FAT'S DANCE. American, Straight Jig (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title could refer to any performer, as yet unknown. There was a 'Billy Fat' character in the play Farmer's Son, staged at the Walnut Theater, Philadelphia, in 1837.
