Buff Coat Hath No Fellow (The)

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Theme code Index	1H3 55 1H4 31
Also known as	Buff Coat, Deuks Dang o'er My Daddie (The), Excuse Me
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History	England/North West"England/North West" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Chappell
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Popular Music of the Olden Times vol. 2
Tune and/or Page number	p. 1
Year of publication/Date of MS	1859
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BUFF COAT HAS NO FELLOW, THE. AKA and see "Buff Coat," "The Dukes Dang Ower His Daddy," "Excuse Me." English, Air (6/8 time). B Flat Major (Chappell). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The air appears in the 4th and all later editions of Playford's Dancing Master, and, attesting to its popularity, in numerous ballad operas of the 18th century. In later editions of the Dancing Master it appears under the title "Excuse Me" or simply as "Buff Coat." Chapell (1859) claims the air, especially in its original form, as English, although it is also claimed by the Scots and Irish. It appears in the music manuscript collection of north English musician Henry Atkinson, dated 1694, in a version very close to that printed by Playford. John Adams also identifies the variant "She Wants a Fellow" (a folk-processed title) from the manuscript of a Lake District musician named Wilson, dated 1833.

A buff coat was a distinguishing mark of a soldier of the 17th century and was a very stiff leather jerkin or jacket worn during the English Civil War. "Buff" refers to the color, a result of the tanning process, and the leather was left unpolished and hence undyed. Buff coats were worn by pikemen and cavalry, either under a steel corslet or as a piece by itself, especially as the use of armor declined during the century. The pike was regarded as the "senior" weapon, the one with the most status and the most desired by 'true gentlemen'. Wielding a pike required considerable strength, and generally the strongest and tallest recruits were issued the weapon. As the use of armor declined, so did the pike, however, the buff coat continued to be worn by the cavalry. Thus the buff coat often denoted the troops with the highest status in the army.

Printed source: Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Times), vol. 2, 1859; p. 1.

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T:She Wants A Fellow. BF12.17
M:6/8
L:1/8
C:Kesswick June 19 1833
S:MS12,dated 1833, Browne Coll., Cumbria
R:Jig
O:England
A:Cumbria
N:Kesswick presumably refers to the town of Keswick rather than a Mr.
N:Kesswick.  But then again, maybe not 
Z:vmp.Cherri Graebe. 
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