Annotation:Cock Laird (The)
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COCK LAIRD, THE. Scottish, Air (3/4 and 6/8 time). E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDDEEFF. A 'cock laird' is a person who owns a small landed property and cultivates it himself; a yeoman.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Oswald (Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 2), 1760; p. 33.
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