Annotation:Bottle of Wine and a Ginger Cake (A)
X:1 T:Bottle of Wine and Gingercake N:From the playing of fiddler Blaine Smith (b. 1914, Flattop, east Tennessee) M:C| L:1/8 N:Related to "Give the Fiddler a Dram" R:Reel Q:"Quick" D:Pine Breeze 003, Blaine Smith - "A Bottle of Wine and Ginger Cake (1977) D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/content/bottle-wine-and-gingercake Z:Andrew Kuntz K:G G-||SD2G2 GGBB|AF-FF F2AB|cccc eddd|BG-GG G2G2| D4 G2G2|AF-FF F2AB|cccc eddd|BG-GG G2GG| DDDD GGBB|AF-FF F2AB|cccc eddd|BG-GG G4| D4G2G2|AF-FF F2AB|c2c2 eddd|[M:3/2]BG-GG G4|| Ddef|[M:C|]g2g2 fdd2|J=f4d2e^f|g2g2 d2c2|[M:3/2]B2G2-G4 Ddef| g2g2 d2e2|J=f4 =g4|c2B2A2G2|[M:2/4]G4S||
BOTTLE OF WINE AND A GINGER CAKE, A. American, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. "Bottle of Wine and a Gingercake" is a version of the tune better-known as "Give the Fiddler a Dram (1)," from the rhyme sung to it. On the recording by Blaine Smith the tune sounds as if its in the key of 'F', however, Smith had tune his fiddle a step lower and played in 'G' fingering.
