Paddy on the Pike
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Paddy on the Pike" also known as "Half Past Four" is an American reel in cut time<br> and A Major. It is played in standard or AEae fiddle tuning. The parts are played<br> AA'BCC'.<br> The source for this notated version is Wilson Douglas (1922-1999) (Clay County,<br> central W.Va.).<br> This is not the tune same as the Irish derived<br> "Paddy on the Turnpike"<br> which was also in his repertoire.<br> East Kentucky fiddler Ed Haley played the tune as<br> "Half Past Four".<br> The banjo tablature is by John Letscher. His comment:<br> From Claire and Walt and Adam Hurt.<br> Odd structure. I'm not sure if this tune preceeded "Half Past Four" and<br> "Jimmy Johnson"<br> or was influenced by them?<br> It was printed in Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1 (1994) and<br> Lamancusa's The Gettysburg Collection of Old-Time Fiddle Tunes (2021).<br> It was recorded by Wilson Douglas on The Right Hand Fork of Rush's Creek (1975),<br> Boatin' Up Sandy (1989) and The Marimac Anthology: Deep in Old-Time Music (1996).<br>
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