Annotation:Scotland (1)
X: 1 T: Scotland [1] O: Playford R: slipjig N: Longways for as many as will Z: 2007 John Chambers <jc@trillian.mit.edu> B: H. Playford "The Dancing Master" 10th ed. 1698 p.202 N: Published as a 6/8 jig, but actually a slipjig M: 9/8 L: 1/8 F:http://jc.tzo.net/~jc/music/abc/England/Playford/Scotland_SJ_G.abc K: G |: g3d (dB)d (ef)g | f2A A2G (cB)A | g2d (dB)d (ef)g | (GA)B A2G G3 :| |: B2d (dB)d (dB)G | c2e (ec)e (ec)A | B2d- dBd (dB)G | (GA)B A2G G3 :| % W:First man take the 2. man by the right hand, and turn a turn and a half, the 1. and 2. wo. do the W:same at the same time till they come into the 2. cu place, back to back, with your own, then turn W:your own, and back to back, sides men go without side the we. and come between them a quarter W:Figure, turn S. we. do the like.
SCOTLAND [1]. AKA and see "Andrew Carey," "Yairds o' Finnigirth (The)." English (Scottish?), Country Dance (9/4 or 9/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. "Scotch tunes" enjoyed a vogue in late 17th century England, in part due to the political rapprochement with Scotland that culminated in the Acts of the Union (1709) that produced Great Britain. Some 'Scotch tunes' were composed in the Scottish style , while others were appropriated. "Scotland [1]" was printed (with directions for a country dance) in Henry Playford's Dancing Master 10th edition (1798, p. 202) and was retained in all subsequent Dancing Master editions through the 18th and last issue of 1728.
The Shetlands have produced a ornamental slow version of the tune called "The Yairds o' Finnigirth." Merryweather (1989) begs comparison of "Scotland [1]" with "Drops of Brandy."