Annotation:Rusty Gulley (2)
X:1 % T:Risty [sic] Gulley T:Rusty Gulley [2] M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Jig S:William Vickers’ music manuscript copybook, p. 47 (1770) F:http://www.farnearchive.com/detail.asp?id=R0304702 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G G/A/B/c/ dG BG|FA Ac BA|G/A/B/c/ dG BG|DG GB AG:| |:g2 f2 eg|fd df ed|ce Bd Ac|BG GB AG:|]
RUSTY GULLEY [2]. AKA and see “Jock and Tam,” “Lady Susan Montgomery's Hornpipe,” “Punchinello (1),” “Three Case Knives,” “Three Sharp Knives,” “Three Rusty Swords.” English, Old or Triple Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Vickers clearly wrote “Risty” for the first word of the title for this tune (instead of “Rusty”), and the very next tune below it in his manuscript is “Rusty Gulley.” So, the ‘Risty’ title may be deliberate on his part. Matt Seattle remarks that the meaning of 'risty' may be 'moldy'. a 'gulley' is Borders and Geordie dialect for a large knife.