Annotation:Old Plantation Girls

Back to Old Plantation Girls

X:1 T:Old Plantation Girls M:9/8 L:1/8 K:Ador B|c2A B2G E2F|G2G G2A Bcd|c2A B2G E2E| E2A A>BA A2:||:B|c>de e>dc B2A| G>Bd d>BG B/c/dB|c>de e>dc B>cd|e2e e>cA A2:||

OLD PLANTATION GIRLS. American, Slip Jig (9/8 time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Identified by 18th century Glasgow publisher James Aird as "Virginian" [1] (see also Aird's "Sam Jones" and "Pompey ran Away" for other of Aird's "Virginian" tunes). There is nothing particularly American in the melody's character, however, and probably has a British or Irish provenance.

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1), 1782; No. 148, p. 52. Johnson (A Further Collection of Dances, Marches, Minuetts and Duetts of the Latter 18th Century), 1998; p. 15.

Recorded sources : - Fellside Recordings FECD376, Vic Gammon & Friends - "Early Scottish Regtime" (2016).

See also listing at :
Hear the tune played on fretless banjo on youtube [2]

Back to Old Plantation Girls

0.00

(0 votes)