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Theme code Index
1553 1212
Also known as
Geud Man of Ballangigh (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region
England, Scotland, Ireland, United States
Genre/Style
Contra, English, Irish, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm
Country Dance
Key/Tonic of
A
Accidental
3 sharps
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
6/4, 6/8
History
Structure
AB, AABB, AABBCCDD
Editor/Compiler
Biography:John Walsh
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Complete Country Dancing-Master Volume the Fourth
Tune and/or Page number
No. 25
Year of publication/Date of MS
1740
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score 1 )
X:1
T:Hunt the Squiril
T:Hunt the Squirrel [1]
M:6/4
L:1/8
N:”Longways for as many as will.”
B:John Walsh – Complete Country Dancing-Master, Volume the Fourth
B:(London, 1740, No. 25)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
A2(e4 e4)f2|e6 c6|A2B2c2 B4A2|A2B2c2 B4A2|
A2(e4 e4)f2|e6 c6|A2B2c2 B4A2|(A6 A6)||
d4e2 f2e2d2|d4e2 f2e2d2|d4e2 f4g2|(a6 a4)gf|
e2c4 e2c4|e2c4 e6|a2B2c2 B4A2|(A6 A6)||
Sheet Music for "Hunt the Squiril" Hunt the Squiril Hunt the Squirrel [1] Book: John Walsh – Complete Country Dancing-Master, Volume the Fourth (London, 1740, No. 25) Notes: ”Longways for as many as will.” Transcription: AK/Fiddler’s Companion
X:1
T:Hunt the Squirrel [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
Q:"Lively"
B:Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 11 (1760, p. 115)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D|G2d d2e|d3 TB3|GAB TA2G|GAB TA2G|
G2d d2e|d3 B3|GAB TA2G|(G3 G2):|
|:B|c2d ede|c2d ede|c2d e2f|(g3 g)fe|
dBd dBd|dBd e2g|GAB TA2G|(G3 G2):|
|:D|GBd Bge|d3 (B2g)|dBG TA2G|dBG cAF|
GBd Bge|(d2g)(B2e)|dBG TA2G|(G3 G2):|
|:B|c2g (e/f/)ge|c2g (e/f/)ge|(c2d) (e2f)|g3 gfe|
dBg dBg|dBg e2g|dBG TA2G|(G3 G2):|]
Sheet Music for "Hunt the Squirrel [1]" Hunt the Squirrel [1] Air Lively Book: Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 11 (1760, p. 115) Transcription: AK/Fiddler’s Companion
X:1
T:Hunt the Squirrel [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:John Clarkson Jr. - "No. IV American Tunes" (Edinburgh, early 19th cent., No. 2)
F:
https://archive.org/details/hartley00581081/page/n425/mode/2up
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
V:1
G2B d2g|d3B3|GAB AGF|GAB AGF|G2B d2g|d3B3|GAB AGF|G3 G,2:|
|:c2e ecA|c2e ecA|c2d e2f|g3d3|d2e d2B|d2e d2B|c2A G2F|G3 G,2:|
V:2 clef = bass
G,,3G,3|G,,3G,3|G,,3D,3|G,3D,3|G,,3G,3|G,,3G,3|B,2C,D,2D,,|G,,B,D,G,,2:|
|:A,3E,3|A,,3E,3|A,3D,3|G,3G,,3|B,3G,3|F,3G,3|C,3D,2D,,|G,,B,,D, G,,2:|
Sheet Music for "Hunt the Squirrel [1]" Hunt the Squirrel [1] Book: John Clarkson Jr. - "No. IV American Tunes" (Edinburgh, early 19th cent., No. 2) Transcription: AK/Fiddler's Companion
X:1
T:Hunt the Squirrel [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Sharp - Country Dance Tunes (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
Ae2 e2f | e3 c3 | ABc B2A | ABc B2 A |
Ae2 e2f| e3 c3 | ABc B2A | (A3 A2) z :|
|: d2e fed | d2e fed | d2e f2g | (a3 a2) g/f/ |
e c2 e c2 | e c2 e3 | ABc B2A | (A3 A2) z :||
Sheet Music for "Hunt the Squirrel [1]" Hunt the Squirrel [1] Source: Sharp - Country Dance Tunes (1909) Transcription: AK/Fiddler's Companion
X:2
T:Hunt the Squirrel [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 487
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:F
F2c c2d | c3A3 | FGA G2F | FGA G2F |
F (c2c2)d | c3A3 | FGA G2F|F2F F2z ||
B2c dcB | B2c dcB | Bc d2e | f3 f2 e/d/ |
cA2 cA2 | cA2 c3 | FTGA G2F | F F2 F2z ||
Sheet Music for "Hunt the Squirrel [1]" Hunt the Squirrel [1] Source: Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 487 Transcription: AK/Fiddler's Companion
