Song
Polka 18
Source: James Down MS.
Composer: James Down
Region: South West
Circa: 1849-1900
Year: 1862

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A fun little polka in F by James Down. The B part is a little bit crooked. This is one of two original tunes I found in this manuscript. The rest of the book consisted of 109 Scottish strathspeys and reels, and it gave the inpression of perhaps having been copied wholesale from a published collection rather than pieced together one tune at a time over the years. The book was nicely bound with a hard cover by: "C. Chapman Binder London, Canada West The original is in Special Collections at the Toronto Public Library.


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