Box the Fox

Box the Fox (sometimes just Box Fox) is a tune of Appalachian origin,[1] usually played on the fiddle[2][3] or banjo.[4] The song is played in 6-6 time.[4] The name comes from the old Irish slang "to box the fox", meaning to steal apples, or in general to rob an orchard.[2][5][6]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2010-08-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "The Fiddler's Companion". www.ibiblio.org. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  3. The Fiddler's Almanac by Ryan J. Thomson, 1985
  4. "Cumulative Index To Mugwumps Magazine". www.mugwumps.com. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  5. Irish Slang website
  6. http://www.munseys.com/disktwo/dictionary.pdf

The musical notation for the song can be found here: Wayback Machine

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