Annotation:Mrs. Hepburn Belches
X:1 T:Mrs. Hepburn Belches M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Country Dance Tune C:John Bowie B:John Bowie - "Collection of Strathspeys Reels and Country Dances &c." (c. 1789, p. 1) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Bb V:1 F|BFBF|cFcF|df (e/d/)c/B/ |AGFF|BFBF|cFcF|df f/e/d/c/|{c}B2z:| |:c|fcfc|gcgc|afg=e|f_edc|BfBf |cFcf|df (f/e/)d/c/|c2B:| P:Trio f2 gf|d2e2|f2-gz|f2-gz|f2 gf|(Bd).fz|{d}c2 (cd)|B2z2!fermata!:| V:2 F|DFDF|AFAF|[DF]F GG|C2C2|DFDF|AFAF|FDEF|D2z:| |:z|AAAA|eeee|fA BG|AGFE|DFDF|ADAF|F[DF]EF|E2-D:| |:d2 ed|B2c2|d2ez|d2ez|d2 ed|D-Bdz|{F}E2 EF|{E}D2z2!fermata!:| V:3 clef = bass z|B,,2B,,2|F,,2F,,2|B,,2E,2|F,2F,,2|B,,2B,,2|F,,2F,,2|B,,2F,,2|B,,2B,:| |:z|F,,2F,,2 |C,,2C,2|F,2C,2|F,,2z2|B,,2B,,2|F,,2F,,2|B,,2F,,2|B,,2B,:| |:B,,B,,B,,B,,|B,,B,,B,,B,,|B,,B,,B,,B,,|B,,B,,B,,B,,|B,,B,,B,,B,,|B,2B,,2|F,2F,,2|B,,2z2!fermata!:|
MISS HEPBURN BELCHES. AKA - "Miss Hepburn Belches," "Mrs. Hepburn Belches of Invermey." Scottish, March and Country Dance (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'CC. "Mrs. Hepburn Belches" was printed in John Bowie's A Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c. (c. 1789, p. 1) along with figures for a country dance. 20th century recordings of the tune by Jimmy Shand, Adam Rennie, and others give the title as "Miss Hepburn Belches."
