Annotation:Thomas' Son Wears a Dirk
X:1 T:Thomas' son wears a dirk T:Tha biodag aig Mac Thomais M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:Gow – 4th Repository (1817) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A d|cA c/d/e c2 Ac|B=GdG B2 GB|cA c/d/e c2 Ac|B=G dB {B}A2A:| ^g|aeec aeef|=gddB gdd^g|aeeg aeed|cABG {G}A2 Ag| aeec aeef|=gddB gdd^g|aeec aefa|cA BG {G}A2A||
THOMAS' SON WEARS A DIRK (Tha biodag aig Mac Thomais). AKA and see "Biodag Air Mac Thomais," "Canty Brody," "Canty Body,” “Thomson's got a Dirk.” Scottish, Reel (cut time). A Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Gow): AABB’ (Kerr). John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Angus Cumming's 1780 collection (p. 8).
