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"All the Gals is Gone Away" is a reel in D. The parts are played ABB.
The tune is circular and ends on the 5th instead of the tonic. It is written in Bb in Bayard's book. The tune is entirely in a pentatonic scale, the only one in Bayard's huge collection. Bayard transcribed the tune from the playing of 69 year old fiddler Hiram White (near Waynesburg, Greene County, Pa.) in the 1930's, who sang these words with it: All the gals is gone awayIt is printed in Bayard's Dance to the Fiddle (1981). |