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SEAMO’'S POLKA. AKA – “Oscar Woods' Polka.” English, Polka (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB.
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Suffolk melodeon player Oscar Woods, who named the tune after a renowned earlier melodeon player from Darsham named Ernest Seaman (b. 1899, Walpole) [Callaghan]. Oscar Woods was an older melodeon player from East Anglia who taught members of the Old Hat Band several tunes.
Printed sources : - Barber (Nick Barber's English Choice), 2002; No. 74, p. 34 ("Oscar Woods' Polka"). Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; p. 48.
Recorded sources : - DMPCD 0204, Nick & Mary Barber with Huw Jones - "Lovely Nancy" (2002). Old Hat Records OH-1, Old Hat Band - "The Old Hat Concert Party."
EFDSS CD13, Katie Howson & Jeannie Harris – “Hardcore English” (2007. Various artists). Old Hat Records OH04 CD, Katie Howson & Jeannie Harris – “Unbuttoned.”
Oscar Woods - "Rig-a-Jig-Jig, The Voice of The People, Volume 9. "
Wild Goose Records, Old Swan and - "Fortyssimo" (2014).
See also listing at :
Hear the tune played by melodeon player Lester Bailey [1]
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