Annotation:Drunken Wives in Pearson's Close (The)
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DRUNKEN WIVES IN PEARSON'S CLOSE, THE. AKA and see "Bog an Lochan," "Carnoucies Rant." Scottish, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). The melody appears in the Bodleian Manuscript (in the Bodelian Library, Oxford) and is inscribed "A Collection of the Newest Country Dances Performed in Scotland written at Edinburgh by D.A. Young, W.M. 1740." The tune was also included in Edinburgh fiddler and writing master Young's MacFarlane Manuscript (c. 1741, No. 118, p. 182), albeit under the title "Carnoucies Rant."
A 'close' is an alleyway that lets out into a courtyard surrounded by buildings. Pearson's Close is in Edinburgh, where printing and bookselling businesses were located.
