Old Folks (2)
X:1 T:Old Folks at Home, The T:Old Folks [2] M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Air S:Philip Carolan music manuscript collection N:Philip Carolan (c. 1839-1910, Crossmolina, County Mayo), a musically literate N:farmer and fiddler who compiled his ms. probably during 1863-1873. S:Angela Buckley, thesis, “A Critical Edition of the Irish Music Manuscripts of S:Philip Carolan c. 1839-1910, vol. 2”, Waterford Institute of Technology, S:2007, p. 76. Carolan ms. 1, No. 234. K:G B2 A/G/B/A/|Gg e<g|d2 B>G|A2 z2|B2 A/G/B/A/|Gg e<g|dB/G/ AA|G3z:| |:fg ad|de dg|ge ce|d3 z|B2 A/G/B/A/|Gg e<g|dB/G/ AA|G3z:|
X:1
T:Old Folks [2]
T:Swanee River
M:C
L:1/8
R:"Sand Jig"
B:Kerr - Merry Melodies vol. 2 (No. 404, p. 45)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
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X:1
T:Old Folks at Home
T:American Quadrille Figure 2
C:
Z:V.T. Williams
N:From the J.E. Sedlak manuscript, Portland, Oregon 1863. It also appears
N:in the Uniontown violin manuscripts, Uniontown, Washington, 1892, and
N:the Aurora colony 1880 manuscript.
N:Quadrille sets made up of popular songs were very common in the 19th century. The
N:American Quadrille was originally published by famous bandleader Jullien in 1853.
M:2/4
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