Bonny Kitty (1)

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Theme code Index	11 55 53 11
Also known as	Turtle (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Charles and Samuel Thompson
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances vol. 2
Tune and/or Page number	No. 109
Year of publication/Date of MS	1765
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BONNY KITTY. AKA and see "The Turtle." English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody under this title is unique to London publisher Charles and Samuel Thompson's 1765 country dance collection. However, the Thompson's printed it again in their third volume of 1773 under the title "The Turtle."

Printed source: Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 109.

X:109
T:Bonny Kitty
M:2/4 
L:1/8
N:See vol. 3, No. 163. "The Turtle"
B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynnian Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion 
K:G
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|:(g|g/)f/e/d/ c/B/A/G/| [Ec][Ec] [Ec](a|a/)g/f/e/ d/c/B/A/|[GB][GB][GB](g|g/)f/e/d/ c/B/A/G/|[Ec][Ec][ce]g|ed/c/ B/c/A/B/|GGG:||