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'''HORSEMAN'S PORT, THE'''. AKA and see "[[Black and the Brown (2) (The)]]," "[[John Patterson's Mare]] (Goes Foremost/Forewort)." Scottish, Jig (6/4 time) {"Brisk"}. F/G Major (double tonic). Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCDE. A 'port' is the Anglicized form of the Gaelic ''peurt'', or instrumental piece. The double tonic tune style was also popular in England in the 16th and 17th centurys, however, around 1700 it fell into disfavor there but retained its fashion in Scotland. It is now identified with that country for in the 18th century fiddle literature perhaps 1/6 of the tunes composed were in that form. The tune also appeared in Bremner's '''Scots Tunes''' of 1759 with a note saying that it was "To be begun moderately & increased in quickness to the end, As the Tune represents a Battle" (see "[[Highland Battle (A)]]," and "[[Battle of Falkirk (1) (The)]]" for other quasi-programatic pieces). 
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''Source for notated version'': Sinkler Manuscript, 1710 (p. 6) [Johnson]. 
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''Printed sources'': Johnson ('''Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th Century'''), 1984; No. 13, pp. 28-29.
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