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Sheet Music for "Capn. Commin's Ramble"Capn. Commin's RambleBook: Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765)Transcription: Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion



CAPTAIN COMMIN'S RAMBLE. AKA and see "Captain Campbell's Ramble." English, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. As "Capt. Cummin's Ramble" the tune appears in the 1776 music manuscript copybook of Revolutionary War fifer William Morris, inscribed "William Morris, First Regament [sic] Hunterdon" (County, New Jersey). The tune was entered as "Captain Campbell's Ramble" in the large 1770 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician William Vickers.

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Printed sources : - Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2) 1765; No. 58.

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