Back to the Sugar Camp

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Theme code Index	5555 3H3H3H5
Also known as
Composer/Core Source	Ward Allen
Region	Canada
Genre/Style	Down-East/Maritime
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History	CANADA(Ottawa Valley/Ontario)
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Ward Allen & King Ganam
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Treasury of Canadian Fiddle Tunes
Tune and/or Page number	p. 24
Year of publication/Date of MS	1992
Artist	Ward Allen
Title of recording	Ward Allen Presents Maple Leaf Hoedown vol. 3
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Sparton Records SP 213
Year recorded
Media
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BACK TO THE SUGAR CAMP. Canadian, Reel or Breakdown. USA, northern N.Y. D Major ('A' part) & G Major ('B' part). Standard tuning. AA'BB'(x4), AA'. Composed by Kirkton, Ontario, fiddler Ward Allen (1924–1965), who won contest after contest in Canada in the 1950's and who had a successful career playing over the radio and recording. "Maple Sugar" was his first and biggest hit, and perhaps "Back to the Sugar Camp" was titled to ride on the popularity of that composition. Graham Townsend was his protege.

Source for notated version: Don Messer (Canada) [Bohrer/Kibler].

Printed sources: Bohrer (Vic Kibler: Adirondack Fiddler), 1992; No. 27, p. 27.

Recorded sources: GRT Records 9230-1031, "The Best of Ward Allen" (1973). Sparton Records SP 213, "Ward Allen Presents Maple Leaf Hoedown, vol. 3."

X:1
T:Back to the Sugar Camp
C:Ward Allen
M:2/4
L:1/8
Z:Transcribed by Bruce Osborne
K:D
DF G|A2 A3/2B/|AF Ad|f2 f3/2a/|fd AF| G2 e3/2f/|ec AG|F2 A3/2B/|AD FG|
A2 A3/2B/|AF Ad|f2 f3/2a/|fd AF| G2 e3/2d/|cA Bc|d2 d3/2d/|d:|
K:G
|:=c BA|B2 B3/2B/|BG Bc|d2 d3/2e/|d2 cB| BA AB|c2 dB|cB B/A/B/c/|BD GA|
B2 B3/2c/|BG Bc|d2 d3/2e/|d2 cB|BA Bc|ed EF|G2 G3/2G/|G:||