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[smiley]

Going through a 1950's field recording of Sally Sloane I found a nice set tune in hornpipe rhythm called 'Coming Down The Mountain' that she played in D on her fiddle. She played it as a 16 bar tune, but when I tried playing it in A on a D one-row it took on a life of its own and ended up as 32 bars. The tune sounds familiar and I suppose its her version of an older tune - does anyone recognise it?

https://soundcloud.com/dogbox/coming-down-the-mountain

X:1
T: Coming Down The Mountain
S: John Meredith's 1950's recording of Sally Sloane on fiddle
M: 4/4
K:D
(3dcB|:AF EF D2 EF|GF ED B,2 B,A,|DF A2 BG EG|1F2 D2 D2 (3dcB:|2F2 D2 D2 (3EFG|
|A2 dB A2 FG|A2 dB A2 FG|A2 Bc dc BA|FA B B2 z (3dcB|
AF EF D2 EF|GF ED B,2 B,A,|DF A2 BG EG|F2 D2 D4||
T: transposed to A:
(3agf|:ec Bc A2 Bc|dc BA F2 FE|Ac e2 fd Bd|1c2 A2 A2 (3agf:|2c2 A2 A2 (3Bcd|
|e2 af e2 cd|e2 af e2 cd|e2 fg ag fe|ce f f2 z (3agf|
ec Bc A2 Bc|dc BA F2 FE|Ac e2 fd Bd|c2 A2 A4||

[Steve_freereeder]

I don't recognise it as a version of something older, but it is a great tune and nicely played! 

Strictly speaking, in your ABC you need a K:A field at the start of your transposed section in order to give you the correct key signature of 3 sharps for A major. This will include a G# of course, which you don't have on your one-row in D but you fudge your way around that in your playing beautifully! 

T: transposed to A:
K:A
(3agf|:ec Bc A2 Bc|dc BA F2 FE|Ac e2 fd Bd|1c2 A2 A2 (3agf:|2c2 A2 A2 (3Bcd|
|e2 af e2 cd|e2 af e2 cd|e2 fg ag fe|ce f f2 z (3agf|
ec Bc A2 Bc|dc BA F2 FE|Ac e2 fd Bd|c2 A2 A4||

[Sage Herb]

Good tune and nicely played indeed. My instant reaction was to imagine dancing a schottische or barndance to it.
Cheers
Steve

[xgx]

The first part, transposed to G, sits well on a DG ... played along the row it's simple to change row for the second part ... 48 bar if played on an ADG, all same fingering

[smiley]

I agree xgx. When I played it in G first-off the tune fitted nicely on the D/G box, with plenty of options for accompanying chords. So I've just had another go in G major and tried to stay closer to how I hear Sally playing it (on the 'Share The Harvest' CD from the National Library of Australia). Sorry about the noisy bare feet stomping on floorboards...

https://soundcloud.com/dogbox/coming-down-the-mountain-in-g

X:1
T: Coming Down The Mountain
S: John Meredith's 1950's recording of Sally Sloane on fiddle
M: 4/4
K:Gmaj
(3gfe|:dB AB G2 AB|cB AG E2 ED|GB d2 ec Ac|1B2 G2 G2 (3gfe:|2B2 G2 G2 (3ABc|
|d2 ge d2 Bc|d2 ge d2 Bc|d2 ef gf ed|Bd e e2 z (3gfe|
dB AB G2 AB|cB AG E2 ED|GB d2 ec Ac|B2 G2 G4||

[Rog]

Very well played! Brilliant.

[smiley]

Thanks for all the compliments. I have a cunning plan to infiltrate more Australian dance tunes into the melodeon.net group consciousness.

[smiley]

I discovered this tune was published in 1775 as 'The Island of Love'  http://tunearch.org/wiki/Island_of_Love
and in 1782 as 'Cupid’s Recruiting Serjeant' http://tunearch.org/wiki/Cupid%E2%80%99s_Recruiting_Serjeant
The Village Music Project also has it in Wm.Mittell's MS,New Romney,Kent,1799.

Reminds me of the 'Trip to Cottingham/Sally Sloane's Jig' entry in Hardcore English (p.74), where that little-known tune reappeared on the other side of the world.

I'm finding the tunespotting caper is becoming a bit addictive ...

[Anahata]

Thanks for all the compliments. I have a cunning plan to infiltrate more Australian dance tunes into the melodeon.net group consciousness.

Bring it on! I don't think you'll meet with much opposition 

[Katie Howson]

Smiley, you might be interested in the thread here on Paddy Godden's Lancers too - Steve has helpfully put in into ABC.