Bostony

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Theme code Index	1H1H2H7 1H1H1H5
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	United States
Genre/Style	Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	USA/Upland South"USA/Upland South" 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'BB
Editor/Compiler
Book/Manuscript title
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS
Artist	Biography:Roger Cooper
Title of recording	Going Back to Old Kentucky
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Rounder 0380
Year recorded	1996
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BOSTONY. Old-Time, Breakdown. A tune in the repertoire of blind northeast Kentucky/W.Va. fiddler Ed Haley, as remembered by people around Portsmouth, Ohio, where the Northern and Southern fiddle traditions tended to mix (Mark Willson & Guthrie Meade, 1976). The late fiddler Morris Allen (of South Shore, Kentucky) also remembered it as being in Haley's repertoire. Mark Wilson also believes the title to be a corruption of Bostonia, the name of a magnificent steamboat that plied the Ohio River in the 1870's, usually with a tiny orchestra aboard. John Hartford (1996) notes that there were not one but six steamboats at various times on the Ohio by the name of Bostonia.

Recorded sources: Rounder 0380, Roger Cooper (Lewis County, KY) - "Going Back to Old Kentucky" (1996. Learned from his friend Morris Allen). Rounder CD0392, John Hartford - "Wild Hog in the Red Brush and a Bunch of Others You Might Not Have Heard" (1996. Learned from the playing of Morris Allen). Rounder Heritage Series 1166-11592-2, Roger Cooper (et al) - "The Art of Traditional Fiddle" (2001).

X:1
T:Bostony
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:160
S:John Hartford's "Wild Hog in the Redbrush" transcribed by Llarry Brandon
K:G
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