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Kerr's Collections
Country Dances
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| Title |
Key |
Book |
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Notes |
| Academy Jig, The |
D |
K1,30 |
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By J Rule |
| Alley Crocker |
D
A |
K2v1p22
K2v8p16 |
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Bruce Olson: This was a song said to have been written by Larry Grogan after one Ally
(Alicia) Croker, and there are single sheet editions from c 1730. Grogan was a gentleman
piper of Wexford, Ireland during the early 18th century. Sam Foote for 'An Englishman in
Paris', 1753, changed it to Ally Croaker, which was then dubbed 'A New Song'. |
| American Air I |
D |
K2v1p21 |
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American |
| American Air II |
D |
K2v1p21 |
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"Country dance" |
| American Air III |
Am |
K2v1p28 |
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"Country dance" |
| Arkansas Traveller |
D
A |
K2v1p22
K2v6p20 |
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American |
| Babes In the Wood |
A |
K2v1p22 |
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A version of Timour the Tartar or Peter Street. |
| Back of the Change House |
D |
K2v1p22 |
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| Bag of Praties |
D |
K2v1p22 |
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Irish? |
| Bob of Fettercairn, The |
D |
K2v1p24 |
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This is played in Shetland under the title Kail and
Knockit Coarn. |
| Boot Dance |
Am |
K2v1,29 |
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| Bottom of the Punch Bowl |
D |
K2v1,26 |
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| British Grenadiers |
D |
K2v3p42 |
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| Calver Lodge |
D |
K2v1,29 |
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| Captain White |
D |
K1,28 |
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| Chinese Dance |
A |
K2v1,29 |
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| Circassian Circle |
A
D |
K2v1p26
K2v3p42 |
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Actually titled Carcassian Circle in
Kerr's (a mistake). Recordings: Scottish
Fiddlers, Kelvin Hall II (1976) |
| Come Let Us Dance and Sing |
D |
K2v1,29 |
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| Comin' Thro' the Rye |
D |
K2v3p41 |
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| Corn Rigs |
D |
K2v7p16 |
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Recordings: The Clutha, Scots
Ballads... (1974); Ossian, Seal Song (1981);
Scottish Fiddlers, Welcome to Edinburgh (1976);
Strings of Scotland (1975) |
| Country Dance I |
A |
K2v1p21 |
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One of several vague nomenclatures in the Kerr's collections.
5321 5321 |
| Country Dance II |
A |
K2v1p27 |
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156L5L 5L432 |
| Cumberland Reel |
D |
K2v1p27 |
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| Dashing White Sergeant |
D |
K2v1,30 |
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Recordings: Scottish Fiddle Orchestra, Prom (1980) |
| Draw the Sword, Scotland |
G |
K2v1p24
K2v7p16 |
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| Drunken Parson, The |
G |
K1,29 |
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Recordings: McNamara Family, Leitrim's Hidden Treasures. |
| Duncan Gray |
D |
K2v3p42 |
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| East Neuk of Fife |
G |
K2v1p23 |
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Recordings: Various, Scottish Fiddlers to the Fore (1970) |
| Flowers of Edinburgh |
G |
K2v1p23 |
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Recordings: Golden Fiddle Awards (1980);
Various, Scottish Fiddlers to the Fore (1970) |
| For Tonight We'll Merry Merry Be |
D |
K2v3p42 |
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| Four Posted Bed, The |
D |
K2v1p46 |
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| Fox and the Grapes, The |
D |
K2v3p42 |
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| French Air I |
D |
K2v1p22 |
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"Country dance" |
| French Air II |
D |
K2v1p22 |
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"Country dance" |
| French March |
G |
K2v1p30 |
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| Gaelic Air, A |
A |
K2v1,26 |
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| Garcon Volange |
G |
K1,29 |
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| Girl I Left Behind Me, The |
G |
K2v3p41 |
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| Glenlivet |
Am |
K2v1p24
K2v7p13 |
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Not to be confused with the Scott Skinner composition of
the same name. Recordings: Whistlebinkies 3 (1981) |
| Glen Ogle |
D |
K2v1p24 |
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| Good Night and Joy Be Wi' You |
D |
K2v1,26 |
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| Harmonica, The |
G |
K1,29 |
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| Haste to the Wedding |
D |
K2v1p27 |
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Aka Rural Felicity, Trip to the Dargle and Carrick
Fergus. First published in Oswald's Caledonian Pocket
Companion under The Small Pin Cushion. Jack Campin
thinks Oswald may have composed it. |
| Haymakers |
G |
K2v1,27 |
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| Hey Johnnie Cope |
Bm |
K2v3p41 |
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Recordings: Golden Fiddle Awards (1981) |
| Highland Laddie |
D |
K2v1p21 |
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| Italian Monfrina |
G |
K2v1p27 |
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| Jig I |
A |
K1,28 |
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| Jig II |
A |
K1,28 |
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| Jig III |
A |
K1,28 |
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This is The Soldier's Dance. Recordings:
Fiddler's Rally - Mod (1976); Strings of Scotland (1975) |
| Jig IV |
G |
K1,30 |
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By J S Neil |
| Jig V |
D |
K1,30 |
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By J S Neil |
| John of Paris |
A |
K2v1p27 |
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| John Peel |
A |
K2v3p43 |
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| Judy Brallaghan |
A |
K2v3p42 |
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Irish. Aka The Green Fields of America |
| Kate Dalrymple |
A |
K2v1p24
K2v7p5 |
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There is a song to this tune with the same name.
This tune was Jimmy Shand's theme tune, and the theme for
Radio Scotland's popular 'Take the Floor' programme.
Recordings: Various, Fiddle Me Jig
(c1978); Bob Smith's Ideal Band, Better Than An
Orchestra (1977); Bob Smith's Ideal Band, Ideal
Music (1977); Fiddler's Rally - Mod (1975);
Scottish Fiddlers, Welcome to Edinburgh (1976) |
| Kelvin Grove |
G |
K2v3p41 |
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Aka Will Ye Gang to Kelvingrove. |
| Lancers, The |
D |
K2v3p42 |
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| Lass o' Gowrie, The |
D |
K2v3p42 |
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| Lass O' Patie's Mill, The |
D |
K2v1p21 |
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| Life On the Ocean Wave, A |
D |
K2v1p28 |
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| Lass of Richmond Hill, The |
D |
K2v3p42 |
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| Maid of Llangollen |
D |
K2v3p41 |
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Welsh |
| Market Chorus |
D |
K2v1p22 |
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| Mason's Apron, The |
A |
K2v1p23
K2v5p9
K2v10p17 |
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A very popular tune in Scotland and Ireland, this
is most probably Scots in origin. It is found as
Miss Carberrys Reel in a MS collection of
tunes compiled between 1800-02; in O'Farrell's
Pocket Companion (1804-16) as Miss Hope's
Favorite - Scotch.
The 19th century fiddler Duncan McKerracher used to
put on his own mason's apron before
playing this tune as an encore. Recordings:
Various, The Caledonian Companion (1975);
Fiddlers Three Plus Two (n.d.); Fiddler's Rally -
Mod (1976); Dundee Fiddler's Rally (1985);
Golden Fiddle Awards Pt.2 (1976) |
| Meg Merrilees |
A |
K2v1p23 |
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| Merry Go-Round, The |
Am |
K2v1p30 |
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| Merry Month of May, The |
A |
K1,29 |
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| My Heather Hills |
D |
K2v1,26 |
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| My Love is But a Lassie Yet |
D |
K2v1p22 |
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Aka Lady Badinscoth's Reel. Recordings: Ron Gonnella: Scottish Fiddle
Magic (1992); Heritage, When the Dancin' It's A'
Done (1980) |
| Negro Melody |
Bm |
K2v1p21 |
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"Country dance" |
| Nut Country Dance, The |
A |
K2v1p27 |
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"Country dance" |
| O Dem Golden Slippers |
D |
K2v1,27 |
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| O'er the Hills and Far Away |
D |
K2v1,26 |
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| Off She Goes |
D |
K1,29 |
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Recordings: Sprangeen (1984); Scottish
Fiddlers, Welcome to the Clans (1977) |
| Old Bog Hole |
A |
K2v2p14 |
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Related to the American tune Turkey In the Straw, the tune
of which was known as a song, Old Zip Coon, and before that a tune called
Natchez Under the Hill (it's also been called Matches Under the Hill). The earliest
printing of Natchez... is 1838, although according to Mark Wilson, the tune had been
mentioned twenty years earlier. |
| Old Grey Cat, The |
Em |
K2v1,28 |
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Charles Gore: "The Old Grey Cat was Sean Liath, an
Irish Cat. It...wasn't published in the printed music of
Scotland until the 1880s, then only as an Irish Reel." |
| Old Rosin the Beau |
A |
K1,29 |
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Or just Rosin the Bow. Recordings:
Fiddler's Rally - Mod (1976); Dundee Fiddler's
Rally (1985); Strings of Scotland (1975) |
| Paddy Carey |
D |
K1,27
K4,23
K5,19
K8,18 |
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Irish |
| Patronella |
D |
K2v1p22 |
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This is the tune commonly known as Petronella - this title is probably a typo. |
| Pipes Reel, The |
D |
K2v1p30 |
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| Plough Boy, The |
D |
K2v3p42 |
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Aka The Curly Headed Ploughboy, and
The Handsome Plowboy (DMI). |
| Poldwilly Bridge |
D |
K2v1p24
K2v7p16 |
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By Alexander Walker. In Walker's Collection it's called
Polduilly Bridge. |
| Poor Mary Ann |
D |
K2v3p41 |
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| Rakes of Mallow |
G |
K2v3p41 |
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Irish (although played in Scotland for centuries). It was
published early on as The Rakes of Marlow.
Recordings: Scottish Fiddle Orchestra, Prom (1980) |
| Rose Tree, The |
D |
K2v1p21 |
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This tune can be found in the Gow collections as
The Old Lea Rigg.Recordings: Ron
Gonnella: Scottish Fiddle Magic (1992); Heritage,
When the Dancin' It's A' Done (1980) |
| Rustic Reel |
D |
K1,29 |
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Joel Shimberg: I've seen this in a number of
US tune books, always with the name Rustic
Reel. I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out
to be a composed piece with that name, made for
young students.
Andrew Kuntz: The tune was well-known in Canada and the
US under a variety of titles, including City Guards, First
Western Change, Jinny O Jinny My Toes Are Sore, Libby Prison
Quickstep, Monongahela March, O Dear Mother My Toes Are Sore,
Rustic Reel and Virginia Reel. Ryan's Mammoth
Collection (1883) is the earliest appearance in print that I
find, however, one version was collected by William Sidney
Mount and sent to his dancing master brother, c. 1845. |
| Sir Roger de Coverley |
G |
K1,27
K6,49 |
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9/8, ?English |
| Speed the Plough |
A |
K2v1p24
K2v7p17
K2v10p2
K2v10p4 |
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Aka The Naval Pillar. Composed around 1800 by
John Morehead or Muirhead. Recordings: Various, The Fiddler's
Companion (1980); Scottish Fiddlers, Welcome to
Edinburgh (1976); Scottish Fiddlers, Kelvin Hall II
(1976) |
| Spider and the Fly, The |
A |
K2v3p41 |
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| Staten Island |
D |
K2v1p21 |
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Jack Campin: Maybe this relates to
the one in New York harbour, but there is another
Staten Island near Cape Horn that might have been
well-known to sailors.
NG: Aka Burns' Hornpipe.
Recordings: Fiddler's Rally - Mod (1975);
Golden Fiddle Awards (1981) |
| Swiss Air |
D |
K2v3p43 |
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| Tank, The |
A |
K2v1,29 |
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| This Is No My Ain Lassie, O |
D |
K2v3p41 |
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| Thou Bonnie Wood o' Craigielie |
G |
K2v3p41 |
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Aka Thou Bonnie Wood o' Craigielea. |
| Tink a Tink |
A |
K2v1,29 |
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| To Ladies' Eyes |
A |
K2v3p41 |
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| Torry Burn Lasses |
G |
K2v1p23
K2v7p10 |
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Aka Torryburn Lasses; Torry Burn.
Can be found in O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland
as Tady's Wattle and Comely Jane
Downing. |
| Trab Trab |
D |
K2v3p43 |
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| Triumph |
A |
K2v1p21 |
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| Voulez Vous Danser |
D |
K2v1p27 |
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An antecedent of the popular French Canadian tune La
Bastringue (?). |
| When Johnny Comes Marching Home |
Am |
K1,28 |
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The tune to a popular American Civil War song. |
| White Cockade, The |
G |
K2v1p23 |
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Recordings: Various, Scottish Fiddlers to the Fore (1970) |
| Willie Davie |
A |
K2v1p24 |
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| Willie Was a Wanton Wag |
D |
K2v3p42 |
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