"Box the Fox", also known as "Double Hornpipe", "Box Fox" or "Blockhouse Dutchman" is an American breakdown or reel in D Major. The parts are played AB. It is known in central and southwestern Pennylvania. Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1894) gives that 'box the fox' means to rob an orchard, i.e. steal apples, in Britain and Ireland. It was collected from Issac Morris in Greene County, Pa.in the 1930's by Samuel Bayard. It was printed in Bayard's Dance to the Fiddle (1981). The banjo tablature is from Bob Carlin by way of John Letscher. It was recorded by Bruce Hutton on Old Time Music, It's All Around, Bob Carlin on Fiddle Tunes for Clawhammer Banjo (1979), The West Orrtanna String Band on The West Orrtanna String Band (1976) and Tracy Schwartz and Mike Seeger.