Annotation:Patriot's Briton (The)

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X:1 T:Patriot's Briton, The M:6/8 L:1/8 B:An anonymous early 19th century musician's manuscript collection (No. 72a, p. 35) N:The ms. was researched by Stephen Campbell as part of his PhD thesis. K:C c2c c2e|c2c c2e|dBG G2B|dBG GAB| c2c c2e|c2c dBG|ABc dBG|c3 c3:| e/f/|g2e g2e|c2c ceg|a2f a2f|d2d def| g2e g2e|c2c dBG|ABc dBG|c3 c2e/f/| gfe gfe|cdc ceg|agf agf|ded def| gfe gfe|cec dBG|ABc dBG|c3 c4||



PATRIOT'S BRITON, THE. English, Jig (6/8 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Stephen Campbell[1] researched the tune in his annotated exploration of the contents of an anonymous early 19th century musician's manuscript collection. He identifies "Patriot's Briton" as a version of "New Rigged Ship (1) (The)" AKA "Piper's Fancy (1)."


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  1. Stephen Campbell, PhD thesis: "Reconsidering and Contextualizing the Vernacular Tradition: Popular Music and British Manuscript Compilations 1650-2000", 2012)