East Neuk of Fife

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X:1 T:East Nook of Fife, The M:C| L:1/8 Q:"Brisk" S:McGibbon - Scots Tunes, book III, p. 89 (1762) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G D2 | G4G2 Bc | dBGB dBGB | TA4A2(gf) |Te3d (ef g2) | dcBA GABc | dBGB Td3B | ABcd BcAB | G2(E2E2) :| |: dc | B2(G2G2)dc | B2(G2G2)ed | T^c2(A2A2)(fg) | a2(A2A2)Bc | d2G2B2G2 | g2G2d2cB | ABcd BcAB | G2(E2E2) :| |: (D/E/F) | GFG)A (BAB)c | dc"BA" (GAB)G |T(AGA)B (cBc)d | (edcB) (ABc)A | (GFG)A (BAB)c | (dcBA) (GAB)G | ABcd BcAB | G2(E2E2) :| |: ef | T(gfg)d BcdB | T(gfg)d BcdB | T(aga)e ^cdec | (aga)e ^cded | T(gfg)d BcdB | gage (d/c/B/A/) GB | ABcd BcAB | G2(E2E2) :| |: ef | (gab)g (dg)(dg) | bgdg dgbg | (abc')a dada | c'adb abc'a | (bc'd')b gabc' | (d'/c'/b) (d'/c'/b) d'3b | abc'a d'c'ba | g2 (e2e2) :| |: dc | (B/A/G) dG gGdG | (B/A/G) dG gGdG | (^c/B/A) eA aAeA | (c/B/A) eA aAeA | (B/A/G) dG (B/A/G) gG | (B/c/d) (c/d/e) (d/e/f) gG | AB (c/B/A) (d/c/B) (c/B/A) | G2(E2E2) :||

X:1 T:East Nook of Fife, The M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Country Dance Tune B:Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1 (1782, No. 57, p. 20) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G D|GGG B/c/|d/B/G/B/ d/B/G/B/|AAAg/f/|Te>d e/f/g| d/c/B/A/ G/A/B/c/|d/B/G/B/ d>B|A/B/c/d/ B/c/A/B/|GEE:| |:d/c/|BGG d/c/|BGG e/d/|^cAAf/g/|aAAB/c/| dGBG|eGdc/B/|A/B/c/d/ B/c/A/B/|GEE:|]

X:1 T:East Nook of Five, The M:C L:1/8 R:Reel S:The Buttery Manuscript (c. 1784-1820, No. 547) 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:G D|G3A GABc|dBGB dBGB|AGAB A2 gf|e2d2 efge| dcBA GABc|dBGB d2 cB|ABcd BcAB|G2E2E2:| |:dc|B2G2G2 dc|B2G2G2 ed|c2A2A2 fg|a2A2 A2 Bc| d2G2g2G2|d2G2d2 cB|ABcd BcAB|G2E2E2:|

X:2 T:East Nook of Fife (Old Scotch) M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:Thomas Wilson - Companion to the Ball Room (1816, p. 51) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G D|GG GB/c/|d/B/G/B/ d/B/G/B/|AA Ag/f/|e>d e/f/g/e/| d/c/B/A/ G/A/B/c/|d/B/G/B/ dB|A/B/c/d/ B/c/A/B/|GEE|| d/c/|BG Gd/c/|BG Ge/d/|^cA Af/g/|aA AB/c/| dGBG|gG dc/B/|A/B/c/d/ B/c/A/B/|GEE||

X:3 T:East Neuk of Fife M:C| L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G D | G2G2G2Bc | dBGB dBGB | A2A2A2gf | edef g2fe | dcBA GABc | dBGB d2cB | ABcd BcAB|B2E2E2 :| |: dc | B2G2G2dc | B2G2G2ed | c2A2A2 eg | a2A2A2dc | B2G2d2G2 | g2G2d2cB | ABcd BcAB | G2E2E2 :||