Annotation:Patty on the Turnpike (1)
X:1 T:Patty in the Turnpike [1] N:Transcribed by David Bennett from the playing of western N.C. N:fiddler Bill Hensley in 1939. M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel B:David Parker Bennett – "A Study in Fiddle Tunes from B:Western North Carolina", dissertation UNC, Chapel Hill, 1940, p. 73. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Dmix F>E DF|DD/E/ DF/E/|D/B,/D/E/ DD/E/|F/D/E/D/ F/D/E/D/| A,/B,/A,/B,/ CC/D/|CC/D/ E/C/D/C/|A,/DE/ DD/E/|FG A2|| |:F>E DF|DD/E/ DF/E/|D/B,/D/E/ DD/E/|F/D/E/D/ F/D/E/D/| A,/B,/A,/B,/ CC/D/|CC/D/ E/C/D/C/|A,/DE/ DD/E/|FG A2:| F>E DF|DD/E/ DD-|D/A/d/e/ d2|f/d/e/d/ f/d/e/d/| A/B/A/B/ cc|A/B/A/B/ cc|A/B/d/e/ d>e-|f/d/c A2| F>E DF|DD/E/ D([A,D]|D/)F/d/e/ d2|f/d/e/d/ f/d/e/d/| A/B/A/B/ cc|A/B/A/B/ cc|A/B/d/e/ d(d/e/|f/)d/c A2!D.S.!||
PATTY IN THE TURNPIKE [1]. American, Reel (cut time). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABBC. "Patty in the Turnpike [1]" was in the repertoire of Madison County, western North Carolina, fiddler Bill Hensley (1873-1960). It retains the modal quality of "Paddy on the Turnpike (1)", which was presumably the ancestral tune, but melodically it is quite different. Hensley was recorded playing the tune in 1939 by a Univ. of North Carolina Master's student, David Parker Bennett, which he then transcribed and analyzed for his thesis "A Study in Fiddle Tunes from Western North Carolina," along with more than a dozen other tunes in Hensley's repertory[1].
