Annotation:14th of October (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
FOURTEENTH OF OCTOBER, THE. English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was published in Alexander Stuart's Musick for Allan Ramsey's Collection of Scots Songs, vol. 2 (1724, pp. 30-31 ), James Oswald's Caledonian Pocket Companion, vol. 3 (1760, p. 9), and Johnson's Scots Musical Museum, vol. 2 (1788, p. 182).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), vol. II, 1785; No. 152, p. 56.
Recorded sources: