X:1
T:Tipsy Parson [2]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
C:Ralph Page, 1945
B:Northern Junket, vol. 4, No. 2 (1954, p. 21)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G2 Be d2 Bd|gdBd cAFA|G2 Be d2 Bd|dcAB GDEF|
G2 Be d2 Bd|gdBd cAFA|GBAc (3Bcd eg|fdcA G2z2:|
|:A2 FA c2 BA|GdBG|d2 cB|A2 FA c2 BA|G2B2d2 Bc|
d2 Bd g2 dB|Acee e2 dc|BgdB cAFA|G2 Bd g2z2:|]
TIPSY PARSON [2], THE. American, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Tipsy Parson [2]" was composed in 1945 by Ralph Page (1903-1985, New Hampshire), the “dean of the contra dance callers,” and a seminal figure in New England traditional dance and music for 40 years (see www.izaak.unh.edu/nhltmd/pagehome.htm). It first appears in Page’s periodical Northern Junket, vol. 4, No. 2, 1954 (p. 21).
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 258, p. 155.
