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Honeycomb Rock, The
Old-Timey, Breakdown. USA, Pennsylvania.
ARTIST: Irvin Yaugher Jr., Mt. Independence, Pennsylvania, October 19, 1943 (learned from his great-uncle) [Bayard].
CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes DATE: Early 1900’s RECORDING INFO:
OTHER NAMES: "Push About the Jorum," "The Rowan Tree," "Rattle the Bottles."
SOURCES: Ceolas; Bayard (Hill Country Tunes), 1944; No. 11A.
NOTES: G Major. Standard. AABB. Bayard says this tune is a form of a British dance tune called "Push About the Jorum," AKA "The Rowan Tree," and "Rattle the Bottles." It takes its name from some form of the associated rhyme:
I went to see the widda', and the widda' wasn't home;
I went to see her daughter, and she gave me honeycomb.
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