Annotation:Poor of Purse but Routh o' Credit
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POOR OF PURSE BUT ROUTH O’ CREDIT. AKA and see "Cuddy Splutter," "Cutom Spruitty," "Little Benton." Scottish, Reel. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The word routh in the title is a Scottish word meaning ‘plenty’. See also Northumbrian musician William Vickers' version as "Cuddy Splutter."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. II), 1785; No. 93, p. 34.
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