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X: 1 T:Lads of Boot. JJo5.134, The Q:1/4=120 T:Hold the Lass While I Win at her,aka. JJ05.134 M:C| L:1/8 B:J.Johnson Choice Collection Vol 5, 1750 Z:vmp.Mike Hicken 2015 www.village-music-project.org.uk N:* There is no closing repeat sign shown here in the original. F:http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/Johnson/JohnsonVol5(Mar15).abc K:Hp Aeeg fdec|Aeef gG B/c/d/B/|Aeeg fdef|gddg BG B/c/d/B/ :| |: Ag f/g/a fdec|Ag f/g/a GB/c/ dB|Ag f/g/a fdef|gddg BG B/c/d/B/ "*":|



LADS OF BOOT. AKA and see "Haud the Lass Till I Come at Her," "Lady Susan Stewart's Reel," "Miss Victoria Ross." English, Reel (cut time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Perhaps the title refers the small village of Boot in Eskdale, Cumbria, in the Lake District of England.


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Printed sources : - John Johnson (A Choice Collection of Celebrated Country Dances, vol. 5), 1750; No. 134. Rutherford (Compleat Collection of 200 of the Most Celebrated Country Dances, Vol. 1st), c. 1756; p. 100.






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