Annotation:Princock

Back to Princock

X:1 % T:Princock M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Country Dance Tune B:John Walsh – Caledonian Country Dances vol. II (1737, No. 312, p. 52) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G B2 GB|cecA|B2 AG|FA c2|B2 GB|c2 Ac|BGAF|G2 G,2:| B2 GB|dB g2|c2 Ac|eafd|Bd g2|dBAG|c2 ec|B2 A2| B2 GB|cecA|B2 AG|FA c2|B2 GB|c2 Ac|BGAF|G2 G,2||

PRINCOCK. AKA and see "Dumb Glutton (The)," "Dumb Waiter (The)." English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. A Princock was a coxcomb, or a conceited person, and also referred to an insolent or cheeky young man.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - John Walsh (Caledonian Country Dances vol. II), c. 1737; No. 312, p. 52.

Recorded sources: -