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LADS OF SALTCOATS, THE. AKA - "Lads of Saltcots." AKA and see "Lasses of the Ferry/Lassies of the Ferry," "Hoch Hey Johnny Lad." English, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Saltcoats is in Ayrshire, however, the title appears only in English collections (Rutherford, Vickers).

Source for notated version: William Vickers' 1770 music manuscript collection (Northumberland) [Seattle].

Printed sources: Rutherford (Twenty-Four Country Dances for the Year 1758). Rutherford (Rutherford's Compleat Collection of 200 country Dances, vol.2), 1760; p. 79. Seattle (Great Northern/William Vickers), 1987, Part 3; No. 554.

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