Really great playing Mark, I enjoyed it.

So fine, Mark. 

Very nice work, Mark. I'm going to have to work this one up.

Great.  Thanks!

Thanks! I've been looking for this tune for years & finally found it on Jim Tailor's Songs of the Civil War CD. It appeared in an 1839 book: "Virginia Reels, vil 2" by one George Knauff.

Since he's a hammered dulcimer player, Jim's arrangement makes use of open string not found on on either fiddles of Appalachian dulcimers.

I added bits and pieces from a couple standard versions of "Miller's Reel" to make the tune more fiddle-friendly, then re-arranged it for dulcimer. That meant leaving some stuff out & swapping octaves for the second part. The vid is close to the arrangement; I made a couple creative mistakes that I left in cuz I wanted it up on the 22nd....

I'll include the tab in "101 Old Time Fiddle Tunes for Appalachian Dulcimer" or whatever the heck I decide to call it. It'll be a while yet, so if anyone wants a copy of this tune, drop my a note and I'll send ya a pdf.

Laterz!

What a hoppin' tune, Mark! I look forward to seeing the tab and giving it a try myself.