Annotation:Boatman (8)
X:1 T:Boat man, The T:Boatman [8], The M:C L:1/8 B:Alexander Stuart – “Musick for Allan Ramsay’s Collection” (Edinburgh, c. 1724, pp. 38-39) F: https://digital.tcl.sc.edu/digital/collection/rbc/id/2978 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D V:1 FG|A3d A3F|(GF)(E>D) A3A|Bcde (fg/a/) gf|e4 E2 FG| A3d A3 (G/F/)|GFED A3A|Bcde cdef|d4 D2:| |:dc|BABc defd|gfed e2 AG|F2A2 de (fg/f/)|e4 E2 FG| A3d A3 G/F/|GFED A2 GF|GBAd cde(d/c/)|d4 D2:| V:2 clef = bass z2|D,2 A,G, F,2D,2|E,D,C,B,, D,E,F,2|G,2F,2D,2E,2|A,A,,C,E, A,,2 z2| D,2 A,G, F,E,F,D,|E,D,C,B,, D,E, F,D,|G,A,F,G, A,2A,,2|E,6:| |:z2|G,,2G,2F,2D2|EDCB, A,2C,2|D,E,F,D, F,2D,2|A,2 A,,B,, C,2A,,2| D,E,F,G, F,E,F,D,|E,D,C,B,, D,F,E,D,|E,G,F,G, A,2A,,2|D,6:|
BOAT MAN [8], THE. Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time) and Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDDEEFFGGHH (air and variations). The melody also appears in the 1840 music manuscript collection of multi-instrumentalist John Rook (Waverton, Cumbria).
