Milkmaids of Blantyre (The)
Tune annotations
X:1 T:Milkmaids of Blantyre, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Robert Bremner - A Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances (London, 1757, p. 2) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G B|G/G/G BG cGBG|AD D/D/D =FGAF|G/G/G BG cGBG|Agdg BG G:| |:g|dgBg AA/A/ a2|dgBg dgBg|(a/g/f/e/ g)B AA/A/ a2|egdg BG G:|]
X:1 T:Lanox Love M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:William Vickers' 1770 music manuscript collection (Northumberland) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G B|G/G/G BG cABG|AD D/D/D =FGAF|G/G/G/ BA cGBG|egdg BGG:| |:g|dgBg A/A/A g2|dgBg dgBg|a/g/f/e/ gc A/A/A g2|egdg BGG:|]
X:1 T:Milk Maids of Balentrue, The T:Milkmaids of Blantyre (The) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:The Buttery Manuscript (c. 1784-1820, No. 925) 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 D/D/D AF ABAF|D/D/D AF BA F2|D/D/D AF ABAF|BcdB AF E2:| d>edB ABAF|dedB AB F2|d>edB ABAF|BcdB AF E2| dedB ABAF|dedB edef|dfBd ABde|fedB AF E2||