Annotation:St. James Basin
X:1 T:St. James Bason M:6/4 L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:John Walsh - Caledonian Country Dances (c. 1745, p. 74) N:Published in London in several volumes and editions 1731-c. 1745 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C C4 C2 D2E2F2|G4c2 B4G2|A4A2 B2c2d2|e4a2 ^g4e2| C4C2 D2E2F2|G4c2 B4G2|c2B2A2 G2E2G2|AB c2E2 TD4C2:| |:c2 g4 g2e2g2|B4 c2 de2B2G2|c2g4g2e2g2|c4a2 ^g4e2| c2g4 g2e2g2|B4c2 d2B2G2|AB c2A2 G2E2G2|AB c2 E2TD4 C2:|]
ST. JAMES BASIN. AKA - "St. James Bason," "St. James's Basin", "St. James' Basin." English, Jig (6/8 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "St. James Basin" was first published by London music publisher John Walsh in his Third Book of the Compleat Country Dancing-Master (editions of c. 1735, p. 198, and 1749) and in several others of his issues, including Caledonian Country Dances (
