Sunday River waltz

There are 6 recordings of this tune.

Sunday River has been added to 2 tune sets.

Sunday River has been added to 33 tunebooks.

Two settings

X: 1
T: Sunday River
R: waltz

M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K: Fmaj
F G | A2 c3 A | G4 FG | A2 c3 A | G4 FG |A2 f4|e3 f e2 |
d3 edc | A4 F G |A c4 A | G4 FG |A2 c4 |d4 FG |
Adc AGF | D3 CAG | F4 FG |F4 AB |c3 dfg | a6 |
g4 ga | g4 fd |c3 dfg |a3 aba | g2 a2 f2 | g4 ag |f3 edc |
A4 cf |d3 cba | G4 FG | Adc AGF | D3 CAG | F3 EFG | F4||

X: 2
T: Sunday River
R: waltz

M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
DE | F2 A3F | E4 DE | F2 A3 F | E4 DE | F2 d4 | c3 d c2|
B3 cBA | F4 DE | F A4 F | E4 DE | F2 A4 | B4 DE |
FBA FED | B,3 A,FE |D4 DE | DF4 FG | A3 Bde | f6 |
e5 f | e4 dB | A3 Bde | f6 | e2 f2 d2 | e4 fe | d4 cBA |
F4 Ad | B3 AGF | E4 DE | FBA FED | B,3 A,FE | D3 CDE | D4 |

Four comments

C: Pete Sutherland, fiddler, Vermont

Composed in 1984, the Sunday River is in western Maine, U.S.A.

http://www.epactmusic.com/Pete.html

http://www.sundayriver.com/

Maybe if kat256 submits more tunes there will e the added grace and respect of a comment?

Finally!

i heard this tune in a session a while ago, and my recorder was busted at the time. i’ve been on the hunt for it ever since. it’s just lovely! thanks to whoever posted it!

Re: Sunday River

Betsy Branch, great contra fiddler in Portland, playing this tune.

https://youtu.be/FEnWFY0Rtlc

play video

Sunday River, X:2

Here it is in Key of D the way some versions on the net are played. The 4th bar of the 4th line holds the long f rather than f fgf and the 2nd bar of last line has AGF instead of Agf . It flows better —I think?

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