Ben's Canoe begins with 2 melodies from the "country dance tunes " manuscript : The English Dancing Master (edited by John Playford, 1651- ca.1728). Then, Appalachian fiddle tunes are played. There's also a popular English/American round, an original song, and a song written to a Playford melody that sounds so Appalachian, it would fool anybody !
Tunes and Songs in Ben's Canoe
The
king's delight........................................................................................Playford*
Westmoreland
............................................................................................Playford*
Sheep in the meadow, cows in the corn..................................traditional American
Hangman's
reel......................................................................................traditional
American
Bill
Brown...............................................................................................traditional
American
Abe's
retreat.............................................................................................traditional
American
Hog
went through the fence yoke and all .......................................traditional
American
The
brushy fork of John's creek ..................................................traditional
American
Maiden
fair/ "Goin' down the river" ..................................Playford*/
lyrics : V.Loomer
"Row,
row, row your boat" ..................................................traditional
American
Jeff
Sturgeon ..........................................................................................traditional
American
"Where
are the big bears?" .......................................................................................V.
Loomer
Mike
in the wilderness .......................................................traditional
American
*The
English Dancing Master : edited by John Playford, London 1651-
ca.1728
The
traditional fiddle tunes are from Kentucky and West Virginia.
