Annotation:Butcher's Apron (The)
X:1 T:Butcher's Apron, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1483 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D d2 (AF) d2 (AF) | Efed cABc | defe dcdB | AdAF EFGE | d2 (AF) d2 (AF) | Efed cABc | defe dcdB | ABAG FD D2 || a2 (fa) dafa | b2 (gb) ebgb | a2 (fa) dafa | gefd ceef | a2 (fa) dafa | b2 (gb) ebgb | agfe dcdB | ABAG FD D2 ||
BUTCHER'S APRON, THE. AKA and see "Delvin House (1)," "Hot Broth," "Miss Graham Clarke's Strathspey," "Warm Broth." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Neill {1850}): AA'BB' (O'Neill {Krassen}). The tune appears to be a distanced version of Alexander McGlashan's Scottish strathspey "Delvin House (1)." William Bradbury Ryan gives the tune (in the key of 'C') as "Hobble the Boutches" in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883). Cumbrian musician John Rook entered it into his music manuscript collection under the title "Warm Broth."
