Annotation:Robin fill the drink about
X:1 T:Robin fill the drink about N:William Christie (1778-1849) N:Christie was a dancing master, fiddler N:and composer from Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire. M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel N:”Old” B:Christie - Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Hornpipes, B:Waltzes &c. (Edinburgh, 1820, p. 34) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amin c|A/A/A (.c.G) TA2 (G>A)|Tc>ded cG-Gc|A/A/A (.c.G) TA2 c>d|(e<g) Td>e cAA:| g|Ta>bae Tg>agd|eged cG-Gg|Ta>bae Tg>agd|eg Td>e cA-Ag| aged ecdA|cede cAGc|dA cG A2 Ta2 {ga}|gede cAA||
ROBIN FILL THE DRINK ABOUT. Scottish, Reel (cut time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Robin fill the drink about" was published in Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire, fiddler-composer, dancing master and postmaster biography:William Christie's (1778-1849)1820 collection. Christie indicated it was an "Old" composition. Collector John Glen copied the tune and a few other of Christie's compositions into his own manuscript collection in 1879, but miscopied the initial three 'A' notes as 'G' notes in the first bar.
