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Thread #10325   Message #4178992
Posted By: Lighter
11-Aug-23 - 09:22 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Riley's Daughter / Reilly's Daughter
Subject: RE: Origin: Riley's Daughter / Reilly's Daughter
Kansas City Star (May 13, 1914):

“In the dances before the Civil War, the repertoire of the [Indiana] country dance fiddler was made up of ‘Hell on the Wabash,’ ‘Old Zip Coon,’ ‘The Stump-Tailed Dog,’ ‘The Devil’s Dream,’ ‘One-Eyed Riley,’ and ‘Go to the Devil and Shake Yourself.’”

The Winner-Haverty-Eliot tune family doesn't seem very well suited to dancing, though Masters' tune does.