Annotation:Taylor's March (4) (The)

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X:1 % T:Taylor's March [4], The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:March B:Aird - Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1 (1782, No. 172, p. 60) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D A/G/|:F>AA f>ef|d<BB TB2A|F>GA f>ef|dAA A2G| F>AA f>ef|d<BB TB2A|F>GA f>ef|d>AA A2|| g|(f/g/)af g/a/ba|Tf>ed Bde|f>ef aef|dAA A2g| (f/g/)af g/a/ba|Tf>ed Bde|(f/g/)ag Tf2e|d<AA A2||

TAYLOR'S MARCH [4], THE. AKA and see "Beware of the Ripples," "Rippels (The)." Scottish, March (6/8 time). The tune was employed by poet Robert Burns for his song "The Taylor fell thro' the bed", published in Johnson's Scots Musical Museum (). Burns also used it for his bawdy song "I rede you beware of the ripples young man", published posthumously in his Merry Muses of Caledonia. See note for "annotation:Beware of the Ripples" for more.

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