X:1
T:Caping Trade, The
M:C|
L:1/8
B:David Young – “A Collection of Scotch Airs with the latest Variations” (AKA - The
B:McFarlane Manuscript (c. 1741, No. 139, p. 196)
F: https://rmacd.com/music/macfarlane-manuscript/collection/pdfs/the_caping_trade.pdf
N:The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
K:C
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dcde d2 eg|agec egag|Te4 c2 eg|agec egag|edge a3g|
d3c A3c|dcfe d2 e>d|c2 cd G3c|ABcd e2 dc|TA2 GA cGAE|TD4 C2:|
|:e>d|cdcA CDEF|GEDC DEGA|cdcB AGAc|AGEG AGAB|
cEcd cdec|dcde defg|agec egag|Te4 c2 eg|
agec egag|edeg abag|dedc AGAc|dcfe dcde|
cdcA GEGA|cEcd cdec|AGAB cGAE|TD4 C2:|]
CAPING TRADE, THE. Scottish, English; Air (cut time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. 'Caping Trade' meant 'to seize vessels in a privateering way'[1]. "The Caping Trade" was a song published in London around the year 1700, "to an excellent new tune."
Come all brave Boyes of the Caping Trade, This stately Vessel we'll invade, We'll pin her Cargo to her Load No Quarter we'll afford her: But standing Stout is still brave Fate, Altho our Seas be rough of late, Come Helm-a-lee and low yer Top, I'le lay my Life I'll board her.
The tune can also be found in the Balcarres Lute Book, an early 18th-century repertory for the French lute in Scotland.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - David Young (A Collection of Scotch Airs with the latest Variations, AKA - The McFarlane Manuscript), c. 1741; No. 139, p. 196.
