Annotation:Rapid Transit Clog
X:1 T:Rapid Transit Clog M:C| L:1/8 R:Clog B:A.S. Bowman – “J.W. Pepper Collection of Five Hundred Reels, Jigs, B:etc.” (Phila., 1908, No. 40, p. 10) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F C2|F>G (3AGF G>A (3BAG|A>B (3cBA B>cd>e|f>ga>g f>dc>A|G2c2C2c2| F>G (3AGF G>A (3BAG|A>B (3cBA B>cd>e|f>ga>g f>dc>A|G2c2F2:| |:A2|(3cdc B>G E>Gc>e|(3ded c>A F>Ac>f|e>ag>e f>d=B>d|c2c2 (3cdc (3_BAG| F>GA>B c>de>f|G>AB>c d>e^f>g|a>g=f>d (3ceg b>e|f2a2f2:|]
RAPID TRANSIT CLOG. American, Clog or Hornpipe (cut time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Rapid Transit Clog" was first published in Philadelphia in 1908. Just six years prior the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company had been established to construct electric streetcar lines to West Philadelphia, a rapidly developing affluent and fashionable suburb.
See also "Subway Clog", another clog tune in the J.W. Pepper collection named for early mass transit.
