Fred Wilson's Clog
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Fred Wilson's Clog", also known as "Brown's Hornpipe", "California Schottische",<br> "Cincinnati Hornpipe", "Cliff Hornpipe", "Clog du vieillard" (The Old Man's Clog),<br> "The Cork Hornpipe", "Dundee Hornpipe", "Fred Wilson's Hornpipe", "Harvest Home",<br> "Higgins' Hornpipe", "Kephart's Clog" (Pa.), "Kildare Fancy", "Ruby Lip",<br> "Standard Hornpipe", "The Fisherman's Favorite", "Billy Wilson's Clog", "Zig-Zag Hornpipe",<br> "Snyder's Jig" (Pa.), "Wilson's Clog" and "Granny Will Your Dog Bite?" (Pa.) is an<br> American Clog or hornpipe in F Major (Coles, Sweet, Tolman) or D Major (Bayard, Begin).<br> "Fred Wilson's Clog" is a prominent member of a very large and popular hornpipe family<br> that includes the titles listed above, and undoubtedly some others as well.<br> "Cliff Hornpipe" and "Cog du vieillard" are perhaps the closest versions, while<br> "Harvest Home" and its closest variants are related to "Fred Wilson's" in the 'B',<br> or second strain, with the first parts being either distantly related or unrelated.<br> Bayard states that this well-known tune was a favorite of Pennsylvania fiddlers and fifers,<br> and guesses it dates to the early 19th century. It was one of the tunes listed in the<br> repertoire of Maine musician Mellie Dunham, who was Henry Ford's champion fiddler in the<br> late 1920's. <br> Fred Wilson is credited with introducing the clog dance on the minstrel stage several<br> years before the Civil War when he was with Morris Brothers' Minstrels.<br> It was printed in Bayard's Dance to the Fiddle (1981), Begin's Fiddle Music from the<br> Ottawa Valley: Dawson Girdwood (1985) (appears as "Fred Wilson's Hornpipe"), Cazden's<br> Dances from Woodland (1955), Cole's 1000 Fiddle Tunes (1940) (appears as "Fred Wilson's<br> Hornpipe"), Ford's Traditional Music in America (1940), O'Malley & Atwood's Seventy Good<br> Old Dances (1919), Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883), Sweet's Fifer's Delight (appears as<br> "Zig-Zag"), Tolman's Nelson Music Collection (1969) (appears as "Fred Wilson's"),<br> White's Excelsior Collection (1907), White's Unique Collection (1896), Winner's<br> New American School for the Banjo (1883) (appears as "Clog Hornpipe"). <br> It was recorded on The Early Recordings of Angus Chisholm (1978),<br> The Campbell Family: Champion Fiddlers (as "Billy Wilson's Clog"),<br> Clem Myers: Northeast Regional Old Time Fiddle Champion 1967 & 1970 (as "Billy Wilson's<br> Clog"), The Hammered Dulcimer by Bill Spence & Fennigs All Stars and <br> Wait for the Wagon by The Skirtlifters.<br>
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