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 Theme code Index    316L5L 7L425L
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    3 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/4
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:John Walsh
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Caledonian Country Dances vol. 2
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 319, p. 59
 Year of publication/Date of MS    c. 1737
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Rakes of Rochester M:2/4 L:1/8 B:Walsh - Caledonian Country Dances (c. 1737, No. 319, p. 59) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A V:1 e/d/|c A2 E|F2 EA|GAdc|B/A/G/F/ Ee/d/|c A2 E|F2 EA|GA c/B/A/G/|{G}A3:| |:B|c2 Be|c2 Bd|cB/A/ GA|B/A/G/F/ EB|c2 Be|c2 Bd|cB/A/ BA/G/|{G}A3:| V:2 clef=bass z|A,2C2|D2 CA,|B,A,G,A,|E,2 z2|A,2C2|D2C2|B,A, E,E,,|A,,3:| |:z|A,2G,2|A,2E,2|A,2 E,F,|E,2 z2|A,2G,2|A,2E,2|A,2E,2|A,,3:|]


X:1 T:Rakes of Rochester M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Country Dance Tune B:Walter Rainstorp music manuscript collection (1747, p. 23) F: https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/2057949 N:The cover is inscribed “Walter Rainstorp, 1747. Bought in Cheap Side, N:London, 1747”. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A e/d/|c A2E|F2 EA|GAdc|B/A/G/F/ E e/d/|c A2E|F2 EA|GA c/B/A/G/|A3:| |:B|c2 Be|c2 Be|{d}cB/A/ GA|B/A/G/F/ Ee|c2 Be|c2 Be|cB/A/ BA/G/|A3:|


X: 1 T:Rakes of Rochester. Ru1.030, The B:Rutherford's Country Dances Vol 1, 1756 Z:village music project, Steve Mansfield July 2015 M:2/4 L:1/8 W:Cast off one Cou. & turn your Partner .| Cast up W:again & turn her :| Foot it & Hands across with W:the 2d Cou. .|. The same back again :||: The first W:Man foot it to the 2d Wo. & turn her .|| The first W:Wo. does the same with the 2d Man :|| Cross over W:and half Figure .||. R[igh]t Hand & Left :| Q:1/4=90 K:A |:e/d/ | cA2 E | TF2 EA | GA dc | B/A/G/F/ Ee/d/ |cA2 E | TF2 EA | GA c/B/A/G/ | A3 :| |: B | Tc2 Be | Tc2 Be | {d}cB/A/ GA | B/A/G/F/ EB |Tc2 Be | Tc2Be | {d}c(B/A/) c/B/A/G/ | A3 :|


X:172 T:Rakes of Rochester, The M:2/4 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:A (e/d/)|c A2 E|TF2 EA|GA dc|(B/A/G/F/) Ee/d/|c A2 E|F2 EA|GA (c/B/A/G/)|A3:| |:B|Tc2 Be|T c2 Be|{d}cB/A/ GA|(B/A/G/F/) EB|Tc2 Be|Tc2 Be|{d}cB/A/ (c/B/A/G/)|A3:||


X:2 T:Rakes of Rochester, The M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (Glasgow, 1788, No. 534, p. 203) N:”Humbly dedicated to the Volunteers and Defensive Bands of Great Britain and Ireland” Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G d/c/|BG2D|E2 DG|FG cB|A/G/F/E/ Dd/c/|B G2D|E2 DG|FG B/A/G/F/|G2G:| |:A|TB2 Ad|TB2 Ad|BA/G/ FG|A/G/F/E/ DA|TB2 Ad|TB2 Ad|(c/B/)(A/G/) (B/A/)(A/G/)|G2 G:|]