Annotation:Frog in the Millpond (2)
X:1 T: Frog in the Millpond [2] N:From the playing of short bow fiddler T.C. Foster (Laurens, Short Carolina), N:recorded 1996 by John Fowler. Foster died in 2009. M:C| L:1/8 D:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/frog-millpond D:Hairy Toe Productions, T.C. Foster - "Fiddle Traditions" (2014) Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A A,2-|A,B,CD EDEC|A,B,CD E2D2-|DEFA [AF]F[AF]F|DFAF- F2E2-] EG[GB]G [GB]G[GB]G| GG[GB]G [G2B2] A2-|ABcA BAFG|1A3 A A2:|2 A3 A A4|| AA|ABcd efec|ABcd efec|ABcd efec|d2c2B2-B2| G2B2 BBBB|EGB2B2[d2e2]-|[e2e2][ee][ee] f2 ef|e2c2-c3[=cg]-| [^ca]>c aa a2aa|=g>g g2-g2 =f-^f-|feff ffd2|+slide+[A6f6][Af]-[Aa]-| [Aa]faf a3f|ef-ec c3c|efec BAFG|[A3A3][AA] [A2A2]||
FROG IN THE MILLPOND [2]. American, Reel (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Frog on the Millpond [2]" was in the repertoire of fiddler T.C. Foster (Laurens, South Carolina), a piedmont short-bow style fiddler and one of the few older fiddler from that state to have been recorded in the field. Mr. Foster died in 2009. While the tune is different, the reel may have once had words, perhaps akin to those Bayard collected in southwestern Pennsylvania in the 1930's (for which see "Fare You Well My Susan/Frog in the Millpond (1)."
