Annotation:Duckers of Down
X:1 T:Duckets sits down T:Duckers of Down M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:John Rook music manuscript collection (1840, p. 26) N:Rook was a multi-instrumentalist from Waverton, near Wigton, Cumbria Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Gmix A|Bcdc BGGB|AB/c/fc AFFA|BcdB dfcf|AF F/F/F BGG:| d/f/|gd d/d/d gdgb|fc c/c/c fAfa|gd d/d/d gdgb|AF F/F/F BGGd/f/| gd d/d/d gdgb|fc c/c/c/ fAfa|bagf dfAf|AF F/F/F BGG||
DUCKERS OF DOWN. Scottish, Reel (cut time). G Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Joshua Campbell's 1778 collection (p. 72). The tune was entered as "Duckets sits down" in the large 1840 music manuscript collection of multi-instrumentalist John Rook (Waverton, Cumbria).
