Annotation:Kiss Her Sweetly (2)
X: 1 T:Kiss Her Sweetly [2] M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:William Vicker's music manuscript collection (Northumberland, 1770) K:C EGcG AGcG|EGce dDDF|EGcG AGga|egde c/c/c c2:| |:{a}gecg egce|acec d/d/d da|{a}gf/e/ cg|eccG|AB/c/ GE C/C/C C2:|
KISS HER SWEETLY [2]. AKA and see "Kiss Me Sweetly." Scottish, English; Reel and Quick Step. C Major (Banks, Buttery, Vickers): D Major (Rook). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Kiss Her Sweetly [2]" was entered into a few musicians' manuscript collections, beginning with Cumbrian musician Joseph Banks (1760's) and Northumbrian musician William Vickers, who included it in his large 1770 compilation. It can also be found identified as a Quick Step in the music manuscript collection of fifer John Buttery (1784-1854), who joined the 34th Regiment in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, in 1797 and served until discharged in 1814. Cumbrian musician John Rook included "Kiss Her Sweetly" in his large 1840 music manuscript collection (p. 16), with parts reversed (as was Joseph Banks' Cumbrian version) from those previously cited and in the key of 'D'. However, the "Kiss Her Sweetly" tunes are versions of the old Scottish reel "Kiss Me Sweetly" that was printed in numerous older collections, commencing with Robert Bremner's Edinburgh published Collection of Scots Reels and Country Dances (1757; p. 4).
