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X:1 T:Coquette [2] M:C L:1/8 R:Hornpipe S:Kerr's - Merry Melodies, vol. 2 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F (cB) | AFcA fcaf | gabg fedc | dBAB GAFG | EFDE C2 (cB) | AFcA fcaf | gabg fedc | dBAB cbge | f2f2f2 :| |: c2 | gabg ecde | fefc agaf | gabg ecde | fefd cABG | CFAc DGBd | EGce fefd | cfdf ebge | f2f2f2 :||



COQUETTE [2]. AKA and see "Middletown Hornpipe." American, Hornpipe. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Fr. John Quinn finds Kerr's "Coquette [2]" to be a re-naming of "Middletown Hornpipe," composed by New York musician Michael Higgins and printed in the early decades of the 19th century. 'Coquette' is the name of a contra or country dance for which the tune was played.


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Printed sources : - Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 93. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 2), c. 1880's; No. 395, p. 44. Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 283, p. 169. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 127.






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