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'''DONALD COUPER AND HIS MAN'''. Scottish, Reel (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Probably the same as Playford's "Donald Couper," printed in 1657. Words to the tune go: | '''DONALD COUPER AND HIS MAN'''. Scottish, Reel (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Probably the same as Playford's "Donald Couper," printed in 1657. Words to the tune go: | ||
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Donald Couper and his man, | ''Donald Couper and his man,'' <br> | ||
They've gane to the fair; | ''They've gane to the fair;''<br> | ||
They've gane to coort a bonny lass, | ''They've gane to coort a bonny lass, ''<br> | ||
But fint a man wis there; | ''But fint a man wis there;''<br> | ||
But he haes gotten an auld wife, | ''But he haes gotten an auld wife,''<br> | ||
An she's come hirplin hame; | ''An she's come hirplin hame;''<br> | ||
An she's fa'n ower the buffet-stool, | ''An she's fa'n ower the buffet-stool,''<br> | ||
An brake her rumple-bane. | ''An brake her rumple-bane.''<br> | ||
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Sing, hey Donald, how Donald, | ''Sing, hey Donald, how Donald,''<br> | ||
Hey Donald Couper; | ''Hey Donald Couper;''<br> | ||
He's gane awa to coort a wife, | ''He's gane awa to coort a wife,''<br> | ||
An he's come hame ifhoot her. | ''An he's come hame ifhoot her.''<br> | ||
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"That it was a Scots tune can be seen in the mention it receives in a satirical poem about the Highlanders written by a certain Colonel Cleland in 1697: | "That it was a Scots tune can be seen in the mention it receives in a satirical poem about the Highlanders written by a certain Colonel Cleland in 1697: | ||
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Trumpets sounded, skeens were glancing | ''Trumpets sounded, skeens were glancing''<br> | ||
Some were 'Donald Couper' dancing (Williamson). | ''Some were 'Donald Couper' dancing'' (Williamson).<br> | ||
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''Source for notated version'': | ''Source for notated version'': | ||
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''Printed sources'': | ''Printed sources'': Aird ('''Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs'''), vol. II, c. 1785; No. 9, p. 4. Johnson ('''Scots Musical Museum''', vol. IV), 1792; p. 344. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal></font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Flying Fish FF358, Robin Williamson - "Legacy of the Scottish Harpers, vol. 1" (1984). | ||
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Revision as of 16:26, 5 February 2011
Tune properties and standard notation
DONALD COUPER AND HIS MAN. Scottish, Reel (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Probably the same as Playford's "Donald Couper," printed in 1657. Words to the tune go:
Donald Couper and his man,
They've gane to the fair;
They've gane to coort a bonny lass,
But fint a man wis there;
But he haes gotten an auld wife,
An she's come hirplin hame;
An she's fa'n ower the buffet-stool,
An brake her rumple-bane.
Sing, hey Donald, how Donald,
Hey Donald Couper;
He's gane awa to coort a wife,
An he's come hame ifhoot her.
"That it was a Scots tune can be seen in the mention it receives in a satirical poem about the Highlanders written by a certain Colonel Cleland in 1697:
Trumpets sounded, skeens were glancing
Some were 'Donald Couper' dancing (Williamson).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Aird (Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), vol. II, c. 1785; No. 9, p. 4. Johnson (Scots Musical Museum, vol. IV), 1792; p. 344.
Recorded sources: Flying Fish FF358, Robin Williamson - "Legacy of the Scottish Harpers, vol. 1" (1984).