The Rosetta

This was a common tune amongst the older fiddlers. It appears in Peter Kennedy’s The Fiddler’s Tune Book, Volume 1 as Davy Knick Knack. It was sometimes played in polka time. When played by two fiddlers the tune is commonly reversed (played in octaves). The variation provided is employed by as second fiddler for measure three and four of the first part as a harmony.