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Sheet Music for "Rising Sun [4]"Rising Sun [4]33Source: fiddler Hiram Horner (Southwestern, Pa., 1944)



RISING SUN [4]. AKA and see "Sons of William (The)," "Come Dance and Sing," "Inkle and Yarico (1)," "Belle Catharine (1) (La)," "Muffin Man (The)," "Shrewsbury Quarry," "Sixteenth of October." American, Reel. USA, southwestern Pa. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Bayard (1981) thinks this a dance tune dating from some time in the 18th century, commonly appearing then with the title "La Belle Catherine" in earlier collections. Moffat & Kidson (Dances of the Olden Time, 1912) date it from 1780 and call it an "allemand." Some of the titles denote to Bayard its use as an Orange Irish (northern Protestant) tune.


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Hiram Horner (fifer from Westmoreland and Fayette Counties, Pa., 1944) [Bayard].

Printed sources : - Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 375, p. 364.






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