Old Lake Erie
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Old Lake Erie", also known as "The Erie Extension" is an American jig known in southwestern Pa. in<br> G Major. The parts are played AAB.<br> It was collected by Samuel Bayard who was not able to trace its origin, but thought it sounded<br> Irish or Scottish. Bayard's sources for notated versions: Edward King (Greene County, Pa., 1930's)<br> and Mr. Hogg (Pa., 1948).<br> The name "Erie" is derived from the name of a local Native American people who called themselves<br> the Erielhonan, literally meaning “long tail” and referring to the mountain lion, cougar or panther.<br> The native word was recorded by the French as "Yenris", but was later simplified to Erie.<br> It was printed in Bayard's Dance to the Fiddle March to the Fife (1981).<br>
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