O Dear Mother My Toes Are Sore
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"O Dear Mother My Toes Are Sore", also known as "Oh Mother it Hurts Me so",<br> "Jinny O Jinny My Toes are Sore" and "O Mother My Toes are Sore" is an<br> American March in 6/8 time from southwestern Pa. in A Dorian or Mixolydian or<br> D Dorian. The parts are played AB.<br> Bayard (1981) is certain the tune is British Isles in origin even though it has<br> the marks of considerable folk-processing in American tradition, yet he cannot<br> trace it adequately to old country repertory. Speculating, he suggests the tune<br> is a derivative of the "Welcome Home" or "Boyne Water" families, or perhaps a<br> crossing of the two. He says all three forms of the title tune in Pennsylvania<br> have in common the following rhyme associated with them: <br> Dear oh, mother, my toes are sore,<br> Dancin' over your sandy floor.<br> Its yesterday or the day before<br> I've just come home from Baltimore.<br> I've danced today, and I'll dance no more.<br> It was printed in Bayard's Dance to the Fiddle (1981).<br>
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