Annotation:Moll Ross

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MOLL ROSS. AKA and see "Buff Coat Hath No Fellow (The)," "Just as She Was in the Morning," "Just as I Was in the Morning," "Retreat (2) (The)," "She wants a Fellow." English, Jig (6/8 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The first strain (only) is cognate with "Deuks Dang o'er My Daddie (The)." "Moll Ross" was entered into the music copybook of Welsh fiddler John Thomas, dated 1752, in a version identical to Johnson's, and it was also entered into Somerset fiddler William Winter (Somerset) mid-19th century music manuscript collection.

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Printed sources : - John Johnson (A Choice Collection of 200 Favourite County Dances vol. 4), 1758; No. 18. David & John Rutherford (Complete Collection of 200 Country Dances Vol. 1), 1756; No. 46. Geoff Woolfe (William Winter's Quantocks Tune Book), 2007; No. 65, p. 33.

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