Annotation:Cacina

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CACINA. AKA and see "Cacinameronian's Rant." Scottish, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. In addition to the Scottish publications listed below, "Cacina" appears in the c. 1786 music manuscript collection of American flute player Henry Beck, and in G.E. Blake's Philadelphia (Pa.) publication Gentleman's Amusement (1824). Under the alternate titles "Cotillion Oats, Peas, Beans" and "Oats, Peas, Beans and Barley Grow" it was widely known as a play-party game.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), vol. 1, 1782; p. 35. McGlashan (Collection of Scots Measures), c. 1780; p. 42.

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Tune properties and standard notation