Chase the Squirrel
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Chase the Squirrel", also known as "The Maid That Dare Not Tell" is an American reel<br> known in southwestern Pa. in D Major. The parts are played ABA.<br> The title is a floating one and this tune Bayard (1981) identifies as a composite made<br> from combining or fusing strains from other tunes. The 'A' part is very similar to<br> the morris tune "Shepherd's Hey". Bayard finds some similarities, especially in the 'A'<br> part, is "The Eighth of January" in Ford's Traditional Music in America (1944) and many<br> other sources.<br> It was collected from George Strosnider, an elderly fiddler from Greene County, Pa.<br> in the 1930's by Samuel Bayard.<br> The banjo arrangement is by John Letscher. His version is played AABB.<br> It was printed in Bayard's Dance to the Fiddle (1981).<br>
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