Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on September 4th 2007 by The Merry Highlander.
This tune has been added to 8 tunebooks.
Also known as Such A Gathering Upstairs, Devil In The Woodpile, Such A Gettin'.
X: 1
T: Such A Gettin' Upstairs
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
|: fedB A2d2 | cdef e2de | fedB A2d2 | cdec d2de :|
|: fefg a2a2 | f2g2 a2a2 | abaf afef | gfed e2de :|
Inspired by...
The Merry Boys of Greenland http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/7679
# Posted on September 4th 2007 by The Merry Highlander
About this tune
Classic early American tune which came in many forms, keys but unfortunately underplayed in today's old time scene. Great simplicity, yet very effective.
Here's another version from the Fiddler's Companion: (old)
T:Getting Upstairs
L:1/8
M:2/2
S:"Uncle Jim" Chisholm, Albermarle County, Va.
K:D
ag|fdec A2c2|dfed f2g2|fdec A2c2|1 dfec d2:|2 dfec d2 a>g||
f2g2a2d2|f2g2 a3a|b2a2g2f2|e2f2g2||
# Posted on September 4th 2007 by The Merry Highlander
Interesting:
The English collector Cecil Sharp made a cylindar recording of this tune in 1909 of the playing of English musician John Locke, Leominster, Hereford, described as a “gipsy fiddler” (see abc below).
X:3
T:Getting Up Stairs I Never Did See
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:John Locke (1909)
K:A
ed | c2A2E2A2 | GABc dfed | c2A2E2A2 | GABG A2 :|
e2 | c3d e2A2 | c2d2e4 | f2e2d2c2 | B2c2 dfed |
c3d e2A2 | c2d2 e4 | f2e2d2c2 | B2c2 dfed ||
# Posted on September 4th 2007 by The Merry Highlander
"Some like whiskey,some like tea
Some like a pretty girl just like me
Such a getting upstairs you never saw before
Such a getting upstairs you never saw before"
# Posted on September 5th 2007 by dafydd