Annotation:River Cree (The)
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RIVER CREE, THE. AKA and see "Jackson's Bottle of Claret." Irish, Scottish; Jig and Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The River Cree is the name of a Scottish Country Dance for which a number of tunes can be played, although medleys often start with "Jackson's Bottle of Claret." Christine Martin printed "Humors of Donnybrook" under the title "River Cree" in her Ceol na Fidhle, Vol. 4 (1991, p. 46). The River Cree is in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, and forms part of the boundary between the counties of Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbrightshire. Compare also with the "Joys of My Life (The)" family of tunes.
