Cock Up Your Beaver

Tune annotations

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X:5
T:Cock up your Beaver
M:6/4
L:1/8
R:Air 
Q:"Brisk"
S:McGibbon - Scots Tunes, book II, p. 49 (c. 1746)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
g2  | d4 G2B3AG2 | A3BA2c4e2 | d4G2T(B3AB2) | G2g2d2B3cd2 | 
e3 def g2d2B2 | A3BA2c4g2 | d4 c2 (BcdcBA) | G2g2d2B4 :|
|: D2 | G2g2d2 (Bcd2)B2 | A2a2A2 Tc4BA | G2g2d2 (Bcd2)B2 | G2g2d2 (BABc)dB | 
(cBc)(def) g2G2B2 | A2a2A2 cBcdef | g2(agfe) d2 (Bcd)B | G2g2d2B4 :|
|: D2 | G2(Bcd2) d2 (Bcd2) | A2 ABcA Tc4e2 | (dcBAB)G (BAB)cdB | G2g2d2BABcdB | 
(cBc)def g2d2B2 | A3BA2 Tc4e2 | dcdedc BcdcBA | G2g2d2B4:| 
|: D2 | G2g2d2 BABcdB | A2a2A2 Tc4 (BA) | G2g2d2 | BABcdB | G2 (efg)d BABcdB | 
cBcdef gfefgB | A2a2A2 cBcdef | gfefge dcBcdB | G2g2d2B4:||

X:3
T:Johnny cock thy Beaver
M:6/4
L:1/8
B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion 
K:F
d2|c4F2 A3GF2|G2A2G2 B4d2|c4F2 A3GA2|F2f2c2 A2B2c2|
d2c2d2 f2c2A2|G2A2G2 B4d2|c4F2 A4G2|(F2f2)c2 A4F2||
(F2f2)c2 ABc2A2|(G2g2)d2 B4G2|(F2f2)c2 ABc2A2|(F2f2)c2 A3Bc2|
BA Bcde f3FA2|G2A2G2 B4f2|c4B2 A4G2|(F2f2)c2 A4F2:||

X:2
T:Cock up they Beaver
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:William Vickers' music manuscript copybook, p. 134   (1770)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:C
g2g afg|cec e2A|g2g ag/f/ a|dfd f2A|
g2g ag/f/g|cec efg|faf ege|ded f2A:|
|:gcc ecc|gcc e2A|gcc ecc|dfd e2A|
gcc ecc|gcc efg|faf ege|ded f2A:|
|:c2c ege|cec e2A|c2c ege|dfd f2A|
c2c ege|cec efg|faf ege|ded f2A||

X:4
T:Cock up your Beaver
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:"Andante"
B:Rober Riddell – Collection of Scotch Galwegian Border Tunes (1794)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
d|c2F A>GF|G>AG TB2d|c2F AGA|Ffc ABc|
dcd fcA|G>AG TB2d|c2F A2G|Ffc A2||
C|Ffc A/B/cA|Ggtd TB2G|Ffc A/B/cA|Ffc ABc|
B/A/B/c/d/e/ fFA|GAG TB2f|c2B TA2G|Ffc A2||
C|cAF cA/B/c/A/|dBG d/c/B/A/G|cAF c/B/A/B/c/A/|c/B/A/B/c/A/ c/B/A/B/c/A/|
d/c/B/c/d/B/ c/B/A/B/c/A/|G/F/G/A/B/c/ d2f|c>dB/c/ A>BG/A/|Ffc A2||
C|c/B/A/G/F c/B/A/G/F|d/c/B/A/G d/c/B/AG|c/B/A/G/F c/B/A/G/F|c/B/A/B/c/A/ c/B/A/G/A/B/|
c/d/B/c/d/B/ c/B/A/B/c/A/|G/F/G/A/B/G/ B/A/B/c/d/f/|c/B/c/d/B/c/ A/B/c/A/B/G/|Ffc A3||
FFf FFf|GGg Tf2g|FFf AAf|fcd c/B/A/B/c/A/|
B/A/B/c/d/e/ fFA|GgG B/A/B/c/d/e/|fg/f/e/d/ cd/c/B/A/|Ffc A2||
C|F>GA/B/ cd/c/B/A/|GAG B2D|F>GA/B/ cd/c/B/A/|cd/c/B/A/ cd/c/B/A/|
Fg/f/e/d/ cd/c/B/A/|GBG B2d|{d}c2B {B}TA2G|Ffc A2||
C|F/E/F/G/A/B/ c/B/A/B/c/A/|G/F/G/A/B/c/ d/c/B/c/d/B/|F/E/F/G/A/B/ c/B/A/B/c/A/|c/B/A/B/c/A/ c/B/A/B/c/A/|
d/c/B/c/d/B/ c/B/A/B/c/A/|G/F/G/A/B/c/ d/c/B/c/d/f/|c/B/c/d/B/c/ A/B/c/A/B/G/|Ffc A2||
Q:"Very Plaintive"
C|F3 A3|G>AG B2D|TF3 A3|Ffc ABc|
dcd fcA|G>AG B2D|F3 A3|Ffc A2||
(3c/d/e/|.f/.e/.d/.c/.B/.A/ .d./c/.B/.A/.G/.F/|TG>AG B2 (3c/d/e/|.f/.e/.d/.c/.B/.A/ .d./c/.B/.A/.G/.F/|(C/F/)(A/F/)(c/F/) (d/c/).B/.A/.G/.F/|
T(B/>A/B/).c/.d/.B/ .A/.f/.e/.f/.a/.f/|(G/>F/G/).A/.B/.c/ T(d/>^c/d/).e/.=f/.d/|.c/.a/.b/.g/.a/.f/ .f/.e/.d/.c/.f/.A/|F>GF A2||

X:1
T:Cock up your Beaver
M:6/4
L:1/8
Q:"Not too fast"
O:”Scottish air”
B:Manson – Hamilton’s Universal Tune Book vol. 2 (1854, p. 96)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion 
K:G
e2|d d3 G2 B3A G2|A3B A2 c4e2|d d3 G3 B2A B2|G3g d2B3c d2|
e3d (ef)g2 d2B2|A3B A2 c4e2|d4 c2 B3cA2|G2g2d2 B4d2:|
|:G2g2d2B2d2B2|A3a A2 c4 BA|G2g2d2 B2d2B2|G2g2d2 B4d2|
c3d (ef) g2d2B2|A3B A2 c4e2|g3f e2 d2B2d2|e2g2d2 B4 d2:|]

X:1
T:Cock Up Your Beaver
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Howe - 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion 
K:G 
g | d2G B>AG | A>BA c2e | d2G (B>AB) | Ggd B>cd | 
c/B/c/d/e/f/ gdB | A3 c2 e | d2 c BcA | Ggd B2 || 
d | Ggd (B/c/d)B | AaA c2A |Ggd (B/c/d)B |Ggd B/A/B/c/d/B/| 
c/B/c/d/e/f/ g/f/e/d/c/B/ | AaA c>de/f/ | g(a/g/).f/.e/ d(B/c/.d).B | Ggd B2 || 

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