Granny Will Your Dog Bite
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Granny Will Your Dog Bite?", also known as "Camptown Hornpipe" or "Congo Prince Jig"<br> is an American march or reel in 2/4 time. It is known in southwestern Pa.in D Major.<br> The parts are played AABB.<br> "Granny Will Your Dog Bite?" seems to be a floating title that appears many times over.<br> Bayard collected several sets of the tune, often as untitled reels. He traced sets of<br> the tune to Elias Howe's Diamond School for the Violin (c. 1867). "Congo Prince Jig",<br> from Thomas Briggs' 1855 Banjo Instructor, is an alternate title, perhaps denoting<br> minstrel origins.<br> It was collected from Hiram Horner (fifer from Westmoreland and Fayette Counties, Pa.) in 1961<br> by Samuel Bayard.<br> It was printed in Bayard's Dance to the Fiddle (1981) and<br> Hopkins' American Veteran Fifer (1905).<br>
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