Annotation:Danced by Aldridge (1)
X:1 T:Danced by Aldridge [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:McGlashan - A Collection of Scots Measures (c. 1781, p. 16) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Bb f|{e}d2B (Bc)B|{e}d2 B (Bc)B|c2d e2d|c2B AGF| B2c d2e|f2f (fe)d|c2d (ed)e|c2d {d}efe| T(dcd) (BdB)|T(dcd) (BdB)|c2d e2d|c2B AGF| B2c d2e|f2f fga|b2f fge|d2B B2:|]
DANCED BY ALDRIDGE [1]. AKA and see "Flag Dance (1)." Scottish, Jig (6/8 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. Robert Aldridge (d. 1793) was a stage dancer and ballet master of renown on the London and, later, Edinburgh stage. in the latter 19th century. See note for "annotation:Aldridge's Hornpipe (1)" for more. Fr. John Quinn finds a cognate version in John Watlen's collection of tunes played at the Edinburgh circus as "Flag Dance (The)," dance by another famous period dancer, Mr. Sutton.
