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Theme code Index	4325L 1313
Also known as	Babbity Bolster, Country Bumpkin, Old Country Bumpkin (The), Who Learned You to Dance and a Towdle?
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	One part
Editor/Compiler	Biography:James Aird
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Selection of Scotch English Irish and Foreign Airs vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number	No. 119, p. 42
Year of publication/Date of MS	1782
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Year recorded
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Tune annotations

X:1
%
T:Babbity Bowster
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
c3B3|A2F D3|G2A B3|G2A B3|c3 B3|A2F D3|
ddB c2A|G3 G3|c3B3|A2F D3|G2A B3|G2A B3|
c3B3|A2F D3|d2B cBA|G3 G2G|c3B3|A2F D3|
d2B cBA|G3 G2G|c2c B2B|A2F D2D|G2A B2B|
G2A B2B|c2c B2B|A2F D2D|d2B cBA|G3 G3||

X:2
%
T:Bab at the Bouster
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1 (1782, No. 119, p. 42)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
(A/B/)|c3 B3|ABG F2D|GAG BAB|GAG BAB|
c3 B3|ABA fef|g2d edc|B3 G2:|
|:B|cd(e/f/) gdB|ABG F2D|G2c  BAB|G2c BAB|
cd(e/f/) gdB|ABG F2D|gfe dec|B3 G2:|
|:A/B/|cAc BGB|ABG FED|GAG BAB|GAG BAB|
cAc BGB|ABA fef|g2d edc|B3 G2:|]

X:3
%
T:Boo the Bolstor
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
S:John Sutherland music manuscript, c. 1785
N:Sutherland was a pastoral piper from Aberdeenshire
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
B|c3 B3|ABG F2D|G2G BAB|G2G BAB|
c3B3|ABA fef|g2d edc|B3 G3:|
|:B|cde gdB|ABG FED|G2d B/c/dB|G2d (B/c/d)B|
|1 cde gdB|ABA fef|g2d edc|B3G3:|
|2 cac BgB|aag fef|g2d edc|B3G3:||

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