The Growling Old Man, Grumbling Old Woman
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Growling Old Man, Grumbling Old Woman", also known as "The Old Man and the Old Woman",<br> "Growling Old Man and Cackling Old Woman", "La Marmotteuse", "La Chicaneuse", "The<br> Disputant" and "La Disputeuse" is a French Canadian (originally) and New England reel in<br> A Dorian ('A' part) & A Mixolydian ('B' part) or A Mixolydian (Phillips).<br> The parts are played AB (Silberberg), AABB (most versions) or AA'BB' (Perlman).<br> It is a Québec reel popularized by Maritime radio and TV fiddler Don Messer. It was taken<br> up by "revival" fiddlers in the early 1970's and became a staple of New England contra<br> dance repertoire and has since become widely disseminated. "La Disputeuse" is a 'crooked'<br> version of the tune". <br> It was printed in Brody's Fiddler's Fakebook (1983),<br> Carlin's Master Collection (1984),<br> Fiddler Magazine, vol. 3, No. 1, Spring 1966,<br> Hinds/Hébert's Grumbling Old Woman (1981),<br> Miller & Perron's New England Fiddler's Repertoire (1983),<br> Perlman's The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island (1996) (appears as "La Marmotteuse"),<br> Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1 (1994),<br> Silberberg's Fiddle Tunes I Learned at the Tractor Tavern (2002),<br> Spadaro's 10 Cents a Dance (1980) and<br> Welling's Welling's Hartford Tunebook (1976).<br> It was recorded by Delaware Water Gap on String Band Music,<br> Don Messer (1950),<br> Ebenezer on Fox Hollow String Band Festival,<br> Donna Hébert on Chanterelle, French in America,<br> The Riendeau Family on Old-Time Fiddling,<br> Yankee Ingenuity on Kitchen Junket (1977),<br> The Correct Tone String Band on Visits (1981),<br> Jerry Holland on Jerry Holland (appears as "The Old Man and the Old Woman") and<br> Ron West on Mademoiselle, voulez-vous danser? (1999).<br>
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