Annotation:Parson in Boots (2)
X:1 T:The Parson & his Boots [2] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Robert Bremner - Collection of Scots Reels, Country Dances (1757, p. 15) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G G3 G2d|B2G (B/c/d)B|G3 Bcd|EFG AFD| G3 G2d|B2G (B/c/d)B|gfe dcB|ABG AFD:| |:Bcd ded|ded dcB|cde efe|efe edc| Bcd ded|ded def|gfe dcB|ABG AFD:|]
PARSON IN/ON HIS BOOTS [2]. AKA and see “Miser (1),” “Murphy Delaney.” Scottish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of this tune in print in Robert Bremner's 1757 collection, while other early printing can be found in the 1768 [James] Gillespie Manuscript of Perth and Glasgow publisher James Aird’s collection. Although the Catholicised title, “Priest in his Boots”, is sometimes given as an alternate name for the tune, the main similarity is titular and not melodic. See also note for "Murphy Delaney", the name of a song (perhaps by English composer Charles Dibdin) set to the tune.
