The Tempest
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Tempest", also known as "Ap Shenkin", "The Dear Little Island",<br> "Even and Odd Like Tom with His Hod" or "Mississippi" is an English and American jig<br> known in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine in G Major (most versions) or C Major<br> (Howe/Accordion). The parts are played AABA.<br> The tune is linked with a country dance of the same name in New England, perhaps<br> the one performed at the 150th anniversary celebration of the town of Lancaster,<br> New Hampshire, in August, 1914. Howe (c. 1867) printed dance instructions with the<br> tune, which was included in his section of Contra Dances. The title appears in a<br> list of the repertoire of Maine fiddler Mellie Dunham. The elderly Dunham was Henry<br> Ford's champion fiddler in the late 1920's.<br> It was printed in Cole's 1000 Fiddle Tunes (1940),<br> Howe's First Part of the Musician's Companion (1842),<br> Howe's Complete Preceptor for the Accordion (1843),<br> Howe's School for the Violin (1851),<br> Howe's Diamond School for the Violin (1861),<br> Howe's 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867),<br> Kennedy's Fiddlers Tune Book, vol. 1 (1951),<br> Kerr's Merry Melodies vol. 3 (c. 1880's),<br> Linscott's Folk Songs of Old New England (1939),<br> Miller & Perron's New England Fiddlers Repertoire (1983),<br> Raven's English Country Dance Tunes (1984),<br> Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883),<br> Sweet's Fifer’s Delight (1965/1981),<br> White's Excelsior Collection (1907).<br> It was recorded by Mellie Dunham, 1926 (appears as "Boston Fancy" {the name of a<br> dance}).<br>
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