Bonny Breast Knot (1) (The)

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Theme code Index	137L2 6L6 7b6
Also known as	Bonny Breast Knots (1) (The), Breast Knot (1) (The), Bonny Breist Knots, Daddy Shot a Bear, Jaybird, Ladies Briest Knot, Ladies Bfeast Knots, Looking Glass, Pennsylvania Fifers (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	England, Scotland
Genre/Style	English, Northumbrian/Borders, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance, Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Peter Kennedy
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Fiddler's Tune Book vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number	No. 47, p. 23
Year of publication/Date of MS	1951
Artist	Biography:John Kirkpatrick & Ashley Hutchings
Title of recording	Compleat Dancing Master (The)
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Antilles (Island) AN-7003
Year recorded	1973
Media
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BONNY BREAST KNOT(S) [1], THE. AKA and see "Breast Knot (The)," "Bonny Breist Knots," "Daddy Shot a Bear" (Pa.), "Jaybird" (Pa.), "Ladies Briest Knot/Lady's Breast Knots," "Looking Glass," "Pennsylvania Fifers (The)" (Pa.). English, Reel or Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Barnes): AABB (Kennedy, Raven). The country dance "Bonny Breast Knots" has been known since about 1770, according to Flett & Flett (1964), and long had a special place at Scottish weddings. Up until about 1900 in Roxburghshire and West Berwickshire, Scotland, it was always performed as the first dance after the wedding supper, with the bride and groom leading off with the best man and bridesmaid. Its status in the wedding rituals may be what is referred to in the song "The Briest Knots," quoted by Flett & Flett:

'Syne off they got a' wi' a fling,
Each lass unto her lad did cling,
And a' cry'd for a different spring,
The bride she sought the breast-knot.

There are versions of "Bonny Breast Knot" from Sussex and from Devon, both dissimilar to each other.

Printed sources: Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), vol. 1, 1951; No. 47, p. 23. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 166.

Recorded source: Antilles (Island) AN-7003, Kirkpatrick & Hutchings - "The Compleat Dancing Master" (1973).

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