Annotation:Boatman (8)
X:1 T:Boat man, The T:Boatman [8], The M:C L:1/8 B:Alexander Stuart – “Musick for Allan Ramsay’s Collection” (Edinburgh, c. 1724, pp. 38-39) F: https://digital.tcl.sc.edu/digital/collection/rbc/id/2978 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D V:1 FG|A3d A3F|(GF)(E>D) A3A|Bcde (fg/a/) gf|e4 E2 FG| A3d A3 (G/F/)|GFED A3A|Bcde cdef|d4 D2:| |:dc|BABc defd|gfed e2 AG|F2A2 de (fg/f/)|e4 E2 FG| A3d A3 G/F/|GFED A2 GF|GBAd cde(d/c/)|d4 D2:| V:2 clef = bass z2|D,2 A,G, F,2D,2|E,D,C,B,, D,E,F,2|G,2F,2D,2E,2|A,A,,C,E, A,,2 z2| D,2 A,G, F,E,F,D,|E,D,C,B,, D,E, F,D,|G,A,F,G, A,2A,,2|E,6:| |:z2|G,,2G,2F,2D2|EDCB, A,2C,2|D,E,F,D, F,2D,2|A,2 A,,B,, C,2A,,2| D,E,F,G, F,E,F,D,|E,D,C,B,, D,F,E,D,|E,G,F,G, A,2A,,2|D,6:|
BOAT MAN [8], THE. Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time) and Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDDEEFFGGHH (air and variations). Scottish poet Allan Ramsay used "The Boatman" as the indicated tune for his song "The Bonny Scot", printed in his Tea Table Miscellany (1724, p. 315[1]). The melody also appears in the 1840 music manuscript collection of multi-instrumentalist John Rook (Waverton, Cumbria).
