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 Theme code Index    51H55 51H3H6,
 Also known as    Imtig Do'n Diabal's Corruid Tu Fein, Growling Woman (The), Irish Newsman (The), Lord Cornwallis' Jigg, One-Legged Man (1) (The), Come from the Devil and Shake Yourself, Penniless Traveller (The), When Sick is it Tea You Want? (1)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England, Scotland, Ireland
 Genre/Style    English, Irish, Northumbrian/Borders, Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    C
 Accidental    NONE
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Preston
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Preston's Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1798
 Tune and/or Page number    
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1798
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    
 Media    
Go to the Devil and Shake Yourself

Played by: Christopher Hedge
Source: Soundcloud
Image: The isle of Manhattoes and nearby- Folktales: The Rival Fiddlers
 Score   (1)   
Go to the Devil and Shake Yourself




X:1 T:Go to the Devil and shake yourself [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:Preston's Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1798 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C V:1 clef=treble name="1." [V:1] Gcc cBA|GAG GEG|Gcc c2d|ecA A2G| Gcc cBA|GAG GEG|cec dfd|ecc c3:| |:gec cBc|AFF F3|afd ded|BGG G3| Gcc cBA|GAG GEG|cec dfd|ecc c3:|]


X:2 T:Go to the Devil and shake yourself [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:T. Skillern - Twenty-Four Country Dances for the Year 1799 (p. 11) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C V:1 clef=treble name="2." [V:1] G|Gcc cBA|GAG GEG|Gcc c2d|ecA A2G| Gcc cBA|GAG GEG|cec dfd|ecc c3:| |:e/f/|gec cBc|AFF F2 f/g/|afd dec|BGG G2G| Gcc cBA|GAG GEG|cec dfd|ecc c2:|]


X:3 T:Go to the Devil and shake yourself [1] L:1/8 M:6/8 S:Gow - 2nd Repository (1802) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C V:1 clef=treble name="3." [V:1] G|Gcc ~c>BA|G>AG GEF|Gcc c2d|ecA A2G| Gcc ~c>BA|G>AG GEF|Gcc (Bd)f|ecc ~c2:| |:e/f/|gec ~cBc|AFF ~F2 f/g/|afd dec|BGG G2G| Gcc ~c>BA|G>AG GEF|Gcc (Bd)f|ecc ~c2:||


X:4 T:Go to the Devil and shake your self [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S: Seth Johnson - Woburn Fife Manuscript (c. 1807-40?, p. 4-5) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K: D V:1 clef=treble name="4." [V:1] B/c/|ded dcB|ABA AFA|ded ede|f2d cBA| ded dcB|ABA AFA|dfd ege|fdd d3:| |:f/g/|afd d2d|B2G G2g/a/|bge e2e|dcd A3| ded dcB|ABA AFA|dfd ege|fdd d3:|]


X:5 C:Page 24 T:Go to the Devil and Shake Yourself [1]. MBe.47 A:England;Cumbria;Towcett B:Matthew Betham MS, Towcett Cumbria, 1815 Z:VMP - Hugh Taylor, 2012 M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=120 R: N:NB-The decoration in the first bar has been repeated here and then crossed out. K:D V:1 clef=treble name="5." [V:1] Add {d} dcB|ABA AFA|Add d2 e|fdB "Qu in MS"B2 A| Add "^NB" dcB|ABA AFA|dfd ege|fdd d2:| |:{fg}afd dcd|BGG G3|{ga}bge ede|cAA A3| Gdd dcB|ABA AFA|dfd ege|fdd d2:|


X:6 T:Go to the Devil & Shake Yourself [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig Q:"Moderato" B:Thomas Wilson - A Companion to the Ball Room (London, 1816, p. 86) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C V:1 clef=treble name="6." [V:1] Gcc cBA|G>AG GDG|Gcc c2d|ecA A2G| Gcc cBA|G>AG GEG|cec dfd|ecc c2|| e/f/|gec cBc|AFF F2 f/g/|afd dec|BGG G3| Gcc cBA|GAG GEG|cec dfd|ecc c2||


X:7 T:Go to the Devil and Shake Yourself [1] N:"Irish Jig" M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B: Joseph Lowe - Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, B:book 1 (1844–1845, p. 17) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C V:1 clef=treble name="7." [V:1] G|Gcc cBA|G>AG GEF|Gcc Tc2d|ecA A2G| Gcc cBA|GAG GEF|Gcc def|ecc c2:| e/f/|gec ~cBc|AFF ~F2 f/g/|afd dec|BGG G2G| Gcc cBA|GAG GEF|Gcc def|ecc c2||


X:8 T:Go to the Devel and Shake your Self [1] O:No 21 Pages 8-9 William Clarke of Feltwell MS 1858 N:AS written N:No time signature given. N:Key uncertain, (D is commonly used) N:Notes appear to have 'slipped' down. N:Dot added to crochet in bar 8 Z: transcribed by Lyn Law L:1/8 K:D V:1 clef=treble name="8." [V:1] Gcc cBA|GAG GFG|Gcc c2d|ecA A3| Gcc cBA|GAG GFG|cec dfd|dcc"^*"c3| fec cBc|AGG G3|gfd dcd|cAA A3| Acc cBA|GAA AFA|ced dfd|edd d2:|


X:9 T:Go to the Devil and Shake Yourself [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:O'Neill - Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 358 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D V:1 clef=treble name="9." [V:1] Add dcB|ABA AFA|Add d2e|fec B2A| Add dcB|ABA AFA|dfd ege|fdd d2z:| |:afd dcd|BGG G2g|bge ede|cAA A2A| Add dcB|ABA AFA|dfd ege|fdd d2z:||


X:10 T:Go to the Devil and Shake Yourself [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:A.S. Bowman - "J.W. Pepper Collection of Five Hundred Reels, Jigs, B:etc." (Phila., 1908, No. 223) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D V:1 clef=treble name="10." [V:1] Add dcB|ABA AFA|Add d2e|fec B2A| Add dcB|ABA AFA|dfd ege|fdd d3:| |:afd dcd|BGG G3|bge ede|cAA A3| Add dcB|ABA AFA|dfd ege|fdd d3:|]