Bob o' Dooly (The)

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 Theme code Index    1553 1544
 Also known as    Carlin is Your Daughter Ready?, Jenny Cameron's Rant, Port Nan Con
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    3 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AAB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:James Stewart-Robinson
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Athole Collection (The)
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 14
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1884
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BOB O' DOOLY, THE. AKA and see "Carlin is Your Daughter Ready?," "Jenny Cameron's Rant," "Port Nan Con." Scottish, Strathspey. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Athole): AABB (Hunter). The tune is from a collection by Scottish composer Robert Mackintosh. See also Northumbrian musician William Vickers' 1770 version as "Jenny Cameron's Rant."

Printed sources: Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 117 (arranged for string quintet by James Hunter). Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 14.


X:1
T:Port Nan Con
T:Bob o' Dooly, The
M:C
L:1/8
S:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
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