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 Theme code Index    5315 4626
 Also known as    Box Fox, Box the Fox, Double Hornpipe
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    United States
 Genre/Style    Old-Time
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    USA/Mid-Atlantic"USA/Mid-Atlantic" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
 Structure    AA'B
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Samuel Bayard
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Dance to the Fiddle March to the Fife
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 299A-C, pp. 253-254.
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1981
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BLOCKHOUSE DUTCHMAN. AKA and see "Box (the) Fox," "Double Hornpipe." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Southwestern Pa. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. The second part of Bayard's 'A' version is the same as "Dogs in the Dishes."

Sources for notated versions: Samuel Losch (Juniata County), Issac Morris (Greene County), and Walter Ireland (Greene County) {all southwestern Pa. fiddlers, collected 1930's to 1944} [Bayard].

Printed source: Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 299A-C, pp. 253-254.


X:1
T:Blockhouse Dutchman
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
[F2A2]FE DFAF|G2 BG EGBG|Acec e2a2|fgec dBAG|
[F2A2]FE DFAF|G2 BG EGBG|Aced e2a2|1 faec [F2d2]z2:|2 faec [F2d2] [D2A2]-||
[D2A2]f2 fgfd|B2[B2g2][B3g3]g|fafd efec|dcdB AGFG|
[D2A2][A2f2] fgfd|B2 [B2g2][B3g3]g|fafd efec|[F4d4]:||

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