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Tune properties and standard notation
DUMB GLUTTON, THE. AKA and see "The Dumb Waiter." English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A dumb glutton was a euphemism for a woman's private parts (as in 'feed the dumb glutton', or to have sexual intercourse) [See Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 1811]. . The tune is from Aird's Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs (vol. I, 1782, p. 50). Frank Kidson (1890) points out the similarity with the "Keel Row" family of tunes, including "Smiling Polly," "The Yorkshire Lad" and "Weel May the Keel Row."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Kidson (Old English Country Dances), 1890; p. 19.
Recorded sources: