Witch of the Wave
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Witch of the Wave", also known as "Witch of the Wake" is an American and Scottish reel. Like some<br> tunes called "cotillions" ("Richmond Cotillion" is a good example), the A part is in one key and<br> the B part modulates to the relative dominant, in this case G Major ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part).<br> The parts are played ABB (Kerr) or AABB (Cole, Phillips, Sweet).<br> The Witch of the Waves was the name of a famous American clipper ship, built in 1851 for the<br> China trade. An extreme clipper ship of 1,498 tons, she was built by George Raynes, Portsmouth,<br> New Hampshire, at a cost of $80,000 and sported a figurehead of a female figure in flowing white<br> garments. In 1851, she sailed from Calcutta to Boston in 81 days, setting a record.<br> In 1855 she was sold to owners in Amsterdam and was renamed Electra. She remained with the Dutch<br> owners until 1886.<br> It was printed in Cole's 1000 Fiddle Tunes (1940),<br> Kerr's Merry Melodies, Vol. 3,<br> Phillips' Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, Vol. 1 (1994),<br> Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883) and<br> Sweet's Fifer’s Delight (1965).<br> It was recorded by Kelly Jones on Authentic Old-Time Fiddle Tunes. <br>
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