Annotation:Jolly Butcher (2) (The)
X:1 % T:Jolly Butcher [2], The C:J. Scott Skinner M:C L:1/8 R:Strathspey N:"To W.S. Alsopp, Inverurie." N:The Jolly Butcher was a famous horse. B:Skinner - The Logie Collection (1888, p. 99) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A d|c<e A>c d>ef>g|{g}a>e c<A B<BB>d|c<e A>c d>ef>g| a>f e<a A<AA:|e|{g}a>e c<e d<ec<e|a>e c<A B<B B<g| a>e c<e d<ec<e|a>f e<a A<AA>g|(3aga (3edc d<ec<e| {g}a>e c<A B<BB>d|c/d/e A/B/c (3def (3efg|a>f e<a A<A[CA]||
JOLLY BUTCHER [2], THE. Scottish, Schottishe or Strathspey (whole time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by fiddler-composer and dancing master biography:J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927). The piece was named for a famous Clydesdale horse, The Jolly Butcher, foaled in 1883, bred by James Alsop, Glack Home Farm, Inverurie, to whom Skinner dedicated the piece.