Irish Piper John GeogheganTHUMP THE BITCHES. English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. No key signature is given in the manuscript, however, the melody sounds better in with one flat.
The title is perhaps a reference to hunting with dogs.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - John Geoghegan (Compleat Tutor for the Pastoral or New Bagpipe), c. 1745-46; p. 29.
