Paddy on the Hand Car
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Paddy on the Handcar" is an American reel in cut time and G Major or A Major.<br> The parts are played AABB.<br> The tune under the "Paddy on the Handcar" title is sourced to the Texas string band<br> The Red Headed Fiddlers (fiddler A.L. "Red" Steeley with banjo player J. Warner "Red" Graham).<br> It is part of a large and varied tune family whose members, both Irish and American,<br> go by numerous titles with settings in various modes, from major (Ionian) to Dorian as<br> well as mixed modes. This version is crooked with an extra measurein the A part and<br> sounds like a transposed version of the Irish<br> "Paddy on the Turnpike"<br> played in a major key. The major/mixolydian branch of the family<br> includes the American<br> "Old Bunch of Keys".<br> The banjo tablature is by John Letscher. He plays the parts in reversed order.<br> It was recorded by The Red Headed Fiddlers (78 RPM) (1930),<br> Old Time Fiddle Classics, vol. 2 (1973),<br> Yearlings in the Canebrake (1994) and<br> Texas Fiddle Bands Vol. 1 1925-1930 (1998).<br>
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