Watch Where You Tread (Duck-shit Polka)
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Christopher writes: For those of you who do not know John and his fiddle and melodeon playing, (and for those who do), this seems a good time to drop into the Tradtune pond a tune that he wrote for a friend. He was good enough to send me a recording of his playing of it, and he is happy for it to be used subject to the usual copyright conditions. Actually I put that bit in as he's not worried by copyright issues "unless the Disney Corporation try to use it". John has a friend whose house has an open door onto the attached smallholding. The feathered captives have free access to the house and often use it for incubation and hatching purposes. One day when arriving for a practice he met the lodger who was just leaving. "When you go in, watch where you tread" said the lodger, hence one of the names of the tune. There were ducks in the living room and duck poo on the floor and he "had to do a polka/jig to avoid it", hence the other name. The practice continued, with John playing his fiddle with a cockerel perched on his shoulder, "-big bugger with plus-fours". Carry these images with you as you contemplate the rhythm.
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Christopher George Partington <ChrisTheFiddlerPartington@Hotmail.com> tradtunes 2005-3-11
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M:2/4
L:1/16
P: Watch Where You Tread (Duck-shit Polka)
%Q:225
C:by John Barry of Lewes
S:Christopher George Partington <ChrisTheFiddlerPartington@Hotmail.com> tradtunes 2005-3-11
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N:Christopher writes:
N: For those of you who do not know John and his fiddle and melodeon
N: playing, (and for those who do), this seems a good time to drop
N: into the Tradtune pond a tune that he wrote for a friend. He was
N: good enough to send me a recording of his playing of it, and he is
N: happy for it to be used subject to the usual copyright conditions.
N: Actually I put that bit in as he's not worried by copyright issues
N: "unless the Disney Corporation try to use it".
N:
N: John has a friend whose house has an open door onto the attached
N: smallholding. The feathered captives have free access to the house
N: and often use it for incubation and hatching purposes. One day
N: when arriving for a practice he met the lodger who was just
N: leaving. "When you go in, watch where you tread" said the lodger,
N: hence one of the names of the tune. There were ducks in the living
N: room and duck poo on the floor and he "had to do a polka/jig to
N: avoid it", hence the other name. The practice continued, with John
N: playing his fiddle with a cockerel perched on his shoulder, "-big
N: bugger with plus-fours". Carry these images with you as you
N: contemplate the rhythm.
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O:England
A:Sussex
Z:Chris Partington
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F2G2 \
| "D"A2BA F2A2 | "A7"G2AG E2G2 | "D"F2D2 AFD2 | "G"B4 B4 \
| "D"A2BA F2A2 | "A7"G2AG E2G2 | "D"F2D2 "A7"^C2E2 | "D"D4 :|
B2c2 \
| "G"d4{ed} B2G2 | d2D2 G2B2 | d4 {ed}"A7"c2B2 | "D"A4 F2G2 \
| "D"A2BA F2D2 | A2A,2 D2F2 | A2BA G2F2 | "A7"E4 |]
B2c2 \
| "G"d4{ed} B2G2 | d2D2 G2B2 | d4 {ed}"A7"c2B2 | "D"A4 F2G2 \
| "D"A2BA F2A2 | "A7"G2AG E2G2 | "D"F2D2 "A7"^C2E2 | "D"D4 |]
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