Annotation:Merry Scot (The)
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MERRY SCOT [1], THE. English, Reel. England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody also appears in David Rutherford's Rutherford's Compleat Collection of 200 of the Most Celebrated Country Dances (London, 1756, p. 16).
Source for notated version: the 1770 music manuscript collection [1] of Northumbrian musician William Vickers [Seattle].
Printed sources: Seattle (Great Northern/William Vickers), 1987, Part 3; No. 278.
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