Lord Palmerston’s Favourite

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 Theme code Index    536L5L 5L5L42
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    3 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AAB
 Editor/Compiler    John Pringle
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:A Collection of Reels Strathspeys & Jigs
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 9
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1801
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    
 Media    
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Tune annotations


X:1
T:Lord Palmerston’s Favourite
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
C:Pringle did not claim this tune in his collection (although most bear his name 
C:as composer), and did not attribute it.
N:”Slowish”
B:John Pringle – A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys & Jigs (1801, p. 9) 
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
c/d/|{cd}e3 cAE|(F/G/A)E2E|ECE ECE|{cd}~d2c Bcd|
e3 cAE|FGA EBd|cec dB|{G}AAA A2:||
E|A3 cAe|f2f  ~fga|ef(e {f}e)dc|BeA {A}GFE|
A3 cAe|f2f ~fga|cf(a {a}g)f^e|fga efg|
{g}a2e efe|eac’ {f}e2d|cea (f/e/)(d/c/)(B/A/)|BeA {A}GFE|
A3 cAe|f2g {b}agf|edc BeG|{G}AAA A2||

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