Drunken Scotchman (The)

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 Theme code Index    5551H 5416
 Also known as    Cow Bit Off the Miller's Thumb (The), Drunken Scotsman, Hamilton House (6), Highland Rant (2), MacLeod's Reel (2)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    
 Structure    AA'BB'
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Charles and Samuel Thompson
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances vol. 1
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 60
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1757
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Drunken Scotchman, The M:C| L:1/8 B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757) Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007 Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D ABAF AFdF|A>Bd>F D/D/D B2|A>FD>F AA/A/ ag|1 f>de>f d/d/d d2:| |2 f>de>f d/d/d df||:afdf agfd|gafg e/e/e fg|afdf abaf| geaf d/d/d df/g/|afdf dAFD|GBdF E/E/E B2|FAGB A>a e>g| 1 f>def d/d/d df:||2 f>def d/d/d d2||


X:1 T:Drunken Scotsman M:C| L:1/8 R: S:John Rook music manuscript collection (Waverton, Cumbria, 1840, p. 227) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A>BAF AFdF|ABdF E/E/E B2|A>FDF A/A/A af|gdef d/d/d d:| f|afdf agfd|gafg e/e/e fg|afdf abaf|geaf d/d/d/ df/g/| afdf dAFD|GBdF E/E/E B2|FAGB Aaeg|fdef d/d/d d2||