Ruffian's Rant (The)

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X:1 T:Ruffan’s Rant, The T:Roy’s Wife M:2/4 L:1/8 R: S:The Buttery Manuscript (c. 1784-1820, No. 477) 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 B|A>F F<D|F>EFB|A<F F<D|E>DEB| A>FE>D|d>ef>e|d>BAF|E>DE:| |:b|a>fTf>e|Tf>ef>b|a>fTf>d|e>deb| a>ff>e|d>eTf>e|(d/c/B/A/) d>F|E>DEB| A>Fd>A|TB>Ad>A|TB>Ad>A|B>AB>d| A>FE>D|d>eTf>e|d>BA>F|E>DE:|]

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X:1 T:Ruffians’ Rant, The M:C L:1/16 R:”Scotch Reel” B:Coes Album of Jigs and Reels, something new, for professional and amateur violinists, B:leaders of orchestras, quadrille bands, and clog, reel and jig dancers; consisting of a B:Grand Collection of entirely New and Original Clog-Hornpipes, Reels, jigs, B:Scotch Reels, Irish Reels and Jigs, Waltzes, Walk-Arounds, etc. (1876, p. 60) N:Coes performed with the San Francisco Minstrels in California from 1852 to 1859. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A B2|AF3TF3E F3EFB3|A3FF3[DE] E3DE2B2|AF3F3D d3ef3e|d3BTA3F TE3D E2:| |:B2|AF3d3A B3Ad3B|AF3 d3A TB3AB3c|GF3TF3D d3ef3d|B3d A3F E3D F2:| |:b2|af3f3e Tf3efb3|af3 Tf3d Tf3deb3|af3 Tf3e e3gf3e|d3B dBAF TE3D E2:| |:B2|AF3dF3 F3BF2|AF3 dF3 TB2A2B2|AF3ED3 Td3ef3e|(fe)(eB) (eB)(AF) TE3D E2G2| A(FEF) (d(FEF) A(FEF) d(FEF)|A(FEF) d(FEF) TB3AB3d|A2F2TE3D d3ef2d2|e2B2d2F2 TE3D E2B2|| AF3 TF3E TF3E Fd3|AF3 TF3D TE3D E2B2|A3F3A d3ef3e|FF3F3A E3DE2:| |:B2|A3Fd3c d3cd3B|AF3 d3A TB3AB2f2|AF3F3D d3ef2d2|B3dA3F TE3DE2:|]