X:1
T:Duchess’s Slipper, The
M:C
L:1/8
B:John Burks music manuscript collection dated 1821
N:Nothing is known of Burks, although the provenance of his
N:ms. is English. His music ms. surfaced in the United States, and had
N: possibly been in the possession of his descendants until the
N:mid-20th cent.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
DGBG d<GB<G |DGBG E<A A2|DGBG dG Bg|{e}e>cBA G>GG2:|
dg g2 dgbg|agbg eaa2|d<g g2 dgbg|agbg dg g2|
d<g g2 dgbg|agbg ea a2|g<be<g d<gB<g|{e}d>cBA G>G G2||
X:1
T:Duchess' Slipper, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Milne – Middleton’s Selection of Strathspeys, Reels &c. for the Violin (1870, p. 4)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
B|:OD<G(B>G) (d>G)B>G|D<GB>G D<A A2|D<G(B>G) (d>G)B<g|{e}d>cB>A G<G G2:|
d<g ~g2 (d>g)b>g|a>gb>g e<a a2|d<g~g2 (d>g)b>g|a>gb>g d<g ~g2|
(d<g) g2 (d>g)b>g|a>gb>g e<a ~a2|(g>b)(e>g) (d>g)(B>g)|d>cB>A G<G G2O||
X:1
T:Untitled
T:Duchess' Slipper, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 2, c. 1883, No. 257, p. 54)
B:http://grier.itma.ie/book-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=52&z=-390.6115%2C2538.266%2C3147.4775%2C1275.463
N:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a piper and fiddler from
N:Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Co. Leitrim.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
GF|DGBG dGBG|DGBG EAAB|DGBG cGBg|dcBA G2:|
GB|dg gf/g/ dgbg|agbg ea a2|dg gf/g/ dgbg|agab gg/g/ g2|
dg gf/g/ dgbg|agbg ea a2|abeg dgBg|dcBA G2||
X:1
T:Dutchess [sic] Slipper
M:C
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe or Clog
B:James Barry music manuscript collection (No. 3, p. 1)
N: Barry (1819-1905) was a miller and fiddler who lived at
N:Six Mile Brook, Pictou County, Nova Scotia.
F: https://jamesbarrymusic.ca
K:G
G>DG>A D>B,A,>G,|c>AB>G E>AA>B|G>DG>B D>B,A,>e|dBAG DG G2:|
d>g Tg2 d>gb>g|a>gb>g e>a Ta2|d>g Tg2 d>gb>a|g>ed>c BG TG2|
d>g g2 d>gb>g|a>gb>g e>aa>b|g>db>a g>de>g|dcBA DG G2||
