Tideo

Pancoco Jams research by Azizi Powell, Part 1  Part 2

Different version of Tideo with History

Music historians offer the idea that “tideo” is a corruption of “toddy-o”. In England, “toddy-o” is whiskey. A hot toddy, is a mixed drink served hot. “Tideo” was a fiddle tune and party song printed as early as 1911, but probably derives from an older fiddle tune “I Love Sugar In My Toddy-O.” Waiting for a partner (pass one window) is a typical part of harvest song-games. In Traditional Games, vol. ii, p. 13, Mrs. Gomme says, "It is abundantly clear from the more perfect game-rhymes that the waiting for a partner is an episode in the harvest custom, as if, when the outdoor business of the season was finished the domestic element becomes the next important transaction in the year's proceedings.” Source

Waltz the Hall: The American Play Party By Alan L. Spurgeon · 2005

Play parties originated in the United States as a way around the banning of musical instruments and other types of partner-based folk dancing.