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NUT COUNTRY DANCE, THE. English, Scottish; Country Dance Tune (6/8 tme). A Major ('A' part) & E Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "The Nut" was one of the country dances mentioned by Flett & Flett (1964) as being in the teaching repertoire of a Fife dancing master, Alexander Adamson (1859-1939), whose career the authors documented as an example of a typical period instructor. "Nut Country Dance" was entered into the music copybook of John Neilson, a fiddler living in Cuilhill, Scotland, in 1875. There are tunes written in other hands in the manuscript as well.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 71. Hamilton's Universal Tune Book, 1844; p. 36. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 1), c. 1880's; No. 1, p. 27. Laybourn (Köhler's Violin Repository, Book One), 1881; p. 63.

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