Beggar's Meal Pock's

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Theme code Index	1351 11H76
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Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	One part
Editor/Compiler	Nathaniel Gow
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Fifth Collection of Strathspey Reels
Tune and/or Page number	p. 29
Year of publication/Date of MS	1809
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BEGGAR'S MEAL POKE'S. Scottish, Slow Air. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. A slow air with the character of a strathspey, says Emmerson (1971). It was composed (on authority of Oswald's Caledonian Pocket Companion, 1758) by Scottish King James VI, who became James I of England in 1603, but Emmerson believes this ascription may be the result of some confusion with his ancestor James I, who was the reputed author of the verses "The Jolly Beggar" associated with this tune.

Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 10. Emmerson (Rantin' Pipe and Tremblin' String), 1971; No. 8, pg. 24. Gow (Fifth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1809; p. 29.

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T:Beggar's Meal Pock's
M:C
L:1/8
R:Slow Air
N:"Composed by King James the VI"
B:Gow - Fifth Collection of Strathspey Reels (1809)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
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