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Theme code Index	3332 1554
Also known as	Dunbarton's Drums, Dumbarton's Drums Beat Bonny, Old Dumbarton Drums, Scotch Tune
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Country Dance
Key/Tonic of	F
Accidental	1 flat
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/2
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	William McGibbon
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Scots Tunes Book 3
Tune and/or Page number	p. 78
Year of publication/Date of MS	1763
Artist	Biography:Jimmy Shand
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Beltona 2446 (78 RPM)
Year recorded
Media
Score ()

Tune annotations

X:1
T:Dumbarton’s Drums beat Bonny
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Slow”
B:Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 2 (1760, p. 3)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G>A|B3d B>dA>B|G2 (d>e) d2 T(c>B)|(AGA)B (cB)T(AG)|e2 (e>f) e2 (d>e)|
(gfg)a baTg>e|dBde {de}g2G2|AB g(f/e/) (A>G)|E2 (e>f) e2:|
|:(d>e)|g3a (g>a)(b>a)|g2 b>c' b2 (ag)|(ag)ab c'bT(a>g)|e2 (ab) a2 (ge)|
(de)(ga) (b>g)(a>e)|gdeg TB2 A>G|b>a ge (d<B) (TA>F)|E2 (e>f) e2:|
|:G>A|B2g4 TB>A|G2 {Bc}d4 T(c>B)|A2a4 T(G>F)|E2 (e>f) e2 (G>E)|
(DE)(GA) TB2 (A>G)|g>a (b/g/a/b/) (d<B) TA>G|A(.g.f.e) d(c/B/) (c/B/)(A/G/)|
E2 e>f e2:: G>A|B2 g>a g2 TB>A|G2 (g>a) g2 (eg)|(agab) abag|
(e>d) (e/d/e/)g/ a2 T(g>e)|gGga (b/a/g/b/) (a/g/e/a/)|(gf)(ed) TB2 A>G|
b(a/b/) (a/g/f/e/) (d>B) T(A>G) |E2 (e>f) e2::g>a|b2 (3ged (B>e) (d/B/A/B/)|
G g2 (f/e/) {e}d3 (c/B/)|{B}A3B (G>A)(F>G)|E2 e>f e2 d>e|
g2 (3bag F2 (3agf eged B2 T(A>G)|(ga/b/) (ef/g/) (d<B) T(A>G)|
E2 (e>f) e2::(d>e)|g2 (3bag G2 (3bag|d2 (b>c') b2 T(a>g)|
a2 (3d'c'b (3c’ba (3bag|(ede)g a2 T(g>e)|gGgb F2 (3agf|
Eged B2 TA>G|(b>a) ge (d<B) T(A>G)|E2 (e>f) e2:|]

X: 1
T: Dumbarton's Drums [1]
B: RSCDS 5-2
B: Playford 1697
B: McGibbon 1763
M: C|
L: 1/8
K: F
|: FG | "F"A3c "C7"ABGA | "F"F2c>d c2BA | "Gm"GFGA BAGF | D2d>e "C7"d2cd|
 "F"f3g agfd || "F"cAcd f3F | "Gm"GAfd "Am"cAGF | "Dm"D2d>e d2 :|
|: cd | "F"f3g fgag | f2a>b a2gf | "Gm"gfga bagf | d2g>a "C7"g2fd | 
"F"cdfg "(Bb)"agfd | "F"cAcd "Dm"f2fg | "Am"agfd cAGF | "Dm"D2d>e d2 :|

X:2
T:Dumbarton Drums [1]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:"Slow"
S:McGibbon - Scots Tunes, book III, p. 78  (1762)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:F
FG | A3c (Ac)(GA) | F2c2 {d}c2 (BA) | (GF)GA (BA)(GF) | D2d4cd | 
f3g (ag)(fd) | (cA)(cd) f3F | (GA)fd (cA)!trill!(G>F) | D2d2d2 :|
|: (cd) | f3g fgag | f2a2{b}a2!trill!(gf) | (gf)(ga) (ba)!trill!(gf) | d2 (ga) g2 (fd) | 
(cd)(fg) (ag)(fd) | (cA)(cd) f3g | (ag)(fd) (cA)!trill!(GF) | D2d4 :||

X:1
T:Dumbarton Drums [1], beat bonny O;
M:C
L:1/8
N:”Slow”
R:Air
B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (Glasgow, 1788, No. 500, p. 192)
N:”Humbly dedicated to the Volunteers and Defensive Bands of Great Britain and Ireland”
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
FG|A3c AcGA|F2c2 {d}c2BA|(GFG).A BAGF|D2 d4 cd|
f3g agfd|(cA)(cd) f3F|(GA)(fd) (cA)T(G>F)|D2d2d2:|
|:cd|f3g fgag|f2a2 {b}a2 Tgf|gfga (ba)T(gf)|d2 ga g2 fd|
cdfg (ag)(fd)|cAcd f3g|(ag)(fd) (cA)T(GF)|D2 d4:|]

Tune annotations

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-|f_aka=Dunbarton's Drums, Dumbarton's Drums Beat Bonny, Scotch Tune
+|f_aka=Dunbarton's Drums, Dumbarton's Drums Beat Bonny, Old Dumbarton Drums, Scotch Tune
 |f_country=Scotland
 |f_genre=Scottish
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 "F"cdfg "(Bb)"agfd | "F"cAcd "Dm"f2fg | "Am"agfd cAGF | "Dm"D2d>e d2 :|
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 (cd)(fg) (ag)(fd) | (cA)(cd) f3g | (ag)(fd) (cA)!trill!(GF) | D2d4 :||
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 X:1