X: 1
T:Will You Patch My Pants For Me?
T:Hedgehog Skin, The
T:Igelkottaskinnet
R:Polka
C:Trad.
O:Sweden, via USA
Z:Paul Hardy's Session Tunebook 2020 (see www.paulhardy.net). Creative Commons cc by-nc-sa licenced.
M:2/2
L:1/8
Q:1/2=70
K:D
A|"D"A2 d2 d2 ed|"G"d2 cB "A"cB A2|ce e2 e2 ag|"D"f3e fe dc|
"G"B2 B2 BdcB|"D"B2 AG F3A|"A"A2 ce "A7"gece|"D"d2 fe d3:|
|:f|"D"a2 a2 a2 ba|"A"a2 gf gfef|"G"g2 g2 g2 ag|"D"f3e fedc|
"G"B2 B2 BdcB|"D"B2 AG F3A|"A"A2 ce "A7"gece|"D"d2 d2 d3:|
WILL YOU PATCH MY PANTS FOR ME? American, Scandinavian; Air and Schottis (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune goes to a Scandinavian song called "Igelkottaskinnet" (The Hedgehog Skin), which is about a husband who prevails upon his wife to mend his trousers, his wife obliges the request, but uses hedgehog skins.
Additional notes Source for notated version : - Bob and Becky Wernehl (Minesota) [Barber].
Printed sources : - Barber (Nick Barber's English Choice), 2002; No. 89, p. 40.
Recorded sources : - DMPCD 0204, Nick & Mary Barber with Huw Jones - "Lovely Nancy" (2002).