Annotation:Granny Will Your Dog Bite? (2)

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X:1 T:Granny Will Your Dog Bite [2] M:2/4 L:1/8 N:Very similar to "Camptown Hornpipe (2)" in the William Sidney N:Mount music manuscript collection, mid-19th century. S:fifer Hiram Horner (southwestern Pa., 1961) B:Bayard - Dance to the Fiddle, March to the Fife (No. 58, p. 40) K:D (3A/B/c/|d>A FA|GB FA|d/c/d/A/ FA|Bcd:| |:A/B/c|d/c/d/e/ fa|gf eA|{B/c/}d/c/d/e/ fa|g/f/g/e/ az| a/b/a/f/ ge|fd ef|d/c/d/A/ FA|Bcd:||

GRANNY WILL YOUR DOG BITE? [2]. AKA and see "Camptown Hornpipe (2)," "Congo Prince Jig." American, March or Reel (2/4 time). USA, southwestern Pa. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Similar in the first strain to "Granny Will Your Dog Bite? (1)." Bayard collected several sets of the tune, often as untitled reels (Seee his No. 56 & 57). He traced sets of the tune to Elias Howe's Diamond School for the Violin (c. 1867, p. 48). "Congo Prince Jig", from Thomas Briggs' 1855 banjo instructor, is alternate title, perhaps denoting Minstrel origins.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Hiram Horner (fifer from Westmoreland and Fayette Counties, Pa., 1961) [Bayard].

Printed sources : - Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 58, p. 40. Hopkins (American Veteran Fifer), 1905; No. 78.

Recorded sources: -

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