Probably as far from "Three Forks of Cheat" as you can get. It does sound like a New England contradance tune.
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Alcazar Dance Series ALC 202, Sandy Bradley ‑ "Potluck & Dance Tonite!" (1979). Silberberg (93 Fiddle Tunes I Didn’t Learn at Tractor Tavern), 2004 pg. Linscott (Folk Songs of Old New England), 1939 pg. It organizes my playlists, slows down tricky sections while remembering detune. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940 pg. ANYTUNE is the ultimate music practice app for singers, dancers and musicians of all kinds to slow down music, choose the perfect pitch, and learn to play by ear 'Anytune is priceless as my personal trainer, helping me practice parts, songs or an entire setlist. Sources for notated versions: from the manuscript of Elizabeth Foster Reed (1796‑1823), a book of ballads and dance tunes unpublished, but in the hands of her descendants Phil and Vivian Williams (Seattle). Silberberg notes that “the title refers to a river in West Virginia,” however, given the apparent Northeast origins for the tune as played in America, this would not seem to be the case. 250‑251 for sources), and in Britain and America under the titles listed in the beginning (see Bayard for references). "The Cheat" belongs to the later group, and was well known as a song and dance air in France as "Dedans mon Petit Reduit" and "La Bonne Aventure O Gue" (see Bayard, 1981 pgs. He believes the original antecedent for the tune to be from France, and that there were two main versions: an earlier one (1700's) and a later one (early 1800's to modern times), but both very popular in their time.
Bayard (1981) traced this tune and pronounced it 'international', having found variants with diverse names from the European continent as well as the British Isles and America. The tune was commonly played for played for the dance "Ninepin Quadrille" or "The Cheat" in New England. AABB (Silberberg): AABCBC (Linscott): ABCD (Ford). AKA and see "Cheat or Swing," "The Coquette ," "In My Cottage Near the/a Wood." American, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). Here is the info from the Fiddler's Companion site:ĬHEAT, THE. Was this correct? Yes, that piano version is in F.Īh, I see. Strange when I click the link in the first post, I get a piano video entitled, "In my cottage near a wood Variations ".