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Theme code Index
5L352 3331
Also known as
O had I a rock and a wee pickle tow , Captain Collins , Carawith Jig (The) , Green Goose Fair (1) , Highlander's March (The) , Montrose's March , Onehorned Cow (2) (The) , O'Sullivan More's March (1) , Painneach na nUbh (1) , Pickle Tow , Pretender's March (The) , Retreat (The) , Scottish March , Scotch March (1) (The) , Tadeen the Fiddler , Wee Pickle Tow
Composer/Core Source
Region
England, Ireland, Scotland
Genre/Style
English, Irish, Northumbrian/Borders, Scottish, Shetland/Orkney
Meter/Rhythm
Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of
A
Accidental
3 sharps
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
3/4, 6/8
History
SCOTLAND(Shetland/Orkney), SCOTLAND(Central Scotland), ENGLAND(North East), ENGLAND(North West)
Structure
AABB
Editor/Compiler
William McGibbon
Book/Manuscript title
Book:A Collection of Scots Tunes
Tune and/or Page number
p. 55
Year of publication/Date of MS
c. 1746
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score
X:2
%
T:Rock & a wi pickle Tow, A
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
Q:"Slow"
S:McGibbon – Scots Tunes, book II, p. 55 (c. 1746)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D2 | E2G2A2 | B4d2 | (e>fg)B2 | A4 T(f>e/2f/4) | g2G2A2 |
TB3A (B/c/d) | B2G2(GA) | G4 :||: (gf) | e2e2g2 | e2 efg2 |
T(e>de)fgf | Te3dB2 | d3ed2 | d2e2f2 | g2fedc |
{c}TB2 AB G2 | c2B2c2 | d2e2f2 | (gf)(ed)(cB) |
TA4 T(f>e/2f/4) | g2G2A2 | TB2 (A<G) G>A) |G4 :|]
