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Theme code Index	1113 5557
Also known as	Bonny Kitty
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Charles & Samuel Thompson
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances vol. 3
Tune and/or Page number	No. 163
Year of publication/Date of MS	1773
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Score (1)

Turtle (The)

X:1 T:Turtle, The T:Bonny Kitty M:2/4 L:1/8 B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773) Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007 Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G [G,D]|[G,G][G,G] G/A/B/c/|[Dd][Dd]-d/g/f/e/|d/e/d/c/ B/c/B/A/|[G,G][G,G][G,G][G,D]| G(G G/)A/B/c/|[Dd][Dd]-d/g/f/e/|d/e/d/c/ B/c/B/A/|[G,G\][G,G][G,G]:| |:(g|g/)f/e/d/ c/B/A/G/|[Ec][Ec][Ec]a|a/g/f/e/ d/c/B/A/|[GB][GB][GB](g| g/)f/e/d/ c/B/A/G/|[Ec][Ec][ce]g|ed/c/ B/c/A/B/|[G,G][G,G][G,G]:||

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-TURTLE, THE.  AKA and see “Bonny Kitty.” English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was originally published by Charles and Samuel Thomposon in their Compleat Collection, vol. 2 (London, 1765) under the title “Bonny Kitty.” It was re-titled for their vol. 3 as “The Turtle.” As with numerous other tunes from the Thompson’s 1773 collection, it was entered into the 1788 music manuscript copybook of fiddlers John and William Pitt Turner (Norwich, Conn.). Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1773; No. 163.
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