Matilda Murdoch - Paddy on the Turnpike

Song Info
Mrs. Matilda Murdoch playing “Paddy on the Turnpike” on the fiddle with piano accompaniment.

Recording date: 1966.11.20. Possibly recorded my CKMR.

According to ibiblio.org: PADDY ON THE TURNPIKE [1]. American, Old-Time, Bluegrass; Reel or Breakdown...Bayard (1981) identifies this rather common tune as a descendant of a once well-known Scottish song air known usually as "The Waukin o the Fauld." Stylistic considerations, maintains Bayard—namely the modal character (with sets appearing in more than one mode), wide diffusion, and often renamed—indicate the tune has some "respectable" age—although Bayard points out it has not been traced before the early 18th century.