Annotation:Waterman's Rant
X:1 T:Waterman’s Rant M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Robert Bremner – “For the year 1769 a collection of scots reels, or country dances” (p. 105) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Gmix G>D D/D/D GABG|c>dcf F/F/F [F2A2]|G>D D/D/D GABG|d>edg G/G/G [G2B2]:| d(gg)a gedB|cAfA F/F/F [F2A2]|G(gg)b a^fge|dBgB G/G/G [G2B2]| G(gg)a gedB|cAfA F/F/F [F2A2]|BGcA dBec|d>edg G/G/G [G2B2]||
WATERMAN'S RANT. Scottish, Rant/Reel (cut time). G Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Robert Bremner's 1768 2nd collection (p. 105).