Milkmaids of Blantyre (The)

Tune annotations

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X:1
T:Milkmaids of Blantyre, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Robert Bremner - A Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances (London, 1757, p. 2) 
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion 
K:G
B|G/G/G BG cGBG|AD D/D/D =FGAF|G/G/G BG cGBG|Agdg BG G:|
|:g|dgBg AA/A/ a2|dgBg dgBg|(a/g/f/e/ g)B AA/A/ a2|egdg BG G:|]

X:1
T:Lanox Love
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:William Vickers' 1770 music manuscript collection (Northumberland)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion 
K:G
B|G/G/G BG cABG|AD D/D/D =FGAF|G/G/G/ BA cGBG|egdg BGG:|
|:g|dgBg A/A/A g2|dgBg dgBg|a/g/f/e/ gc A/A/A g2|egdg BGG:|]

X:1
T:Milk Maids of Balentrue, The
T:Milkmaids of Blantyre (The)
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:The Buttery Manuscript (c. 1784-1820, No. 925)
N:John Buttery (1784-1854) joined  the 34th Regiment in Lincoln, 
N:Lincolnshire, England, in 1797 and served as a fifer until discharged in 
N:1814. His large ms. contains marches, duty calls, dance tunes and airs. 
N:EASMES identifies this as the Fife MS. and suggests a date of 1780, see
N: https://www.cdss.org/elibrary/Easmes/Index.htm
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
D/D/D AF ABAF|D/D/D AF BA F2|D/D/D AF ABAF|BcdB AF E2:|
d>edB ABAF|dedB AB F2|d>edB ABAF|BcdB AF E2|
dedB ABAF|dedB edef|dfBd ABde|fedB AF E2||

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