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X:1 T:Thump the Bitches M:C| L:1/8 S:Geoghegan – Compleat Tutor for the Pastoral or New Bagpipes (c. 1745-46) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F (fa)(ga) f2 fa | gfed c4 | BdcB A2 (B/c/d) | cBAG F4 | fafa f2 fa | gfed c4 | dcBA GBAG | FDEC D4 || a2f2d2c'2 | gfed c4 | d2B2G2f2 | cBAG F4 | a2f2d2c'2 | gfed c4 | dcBA GBAG |FDEC D4 | DEFG AFDF | agae f4 | F2f2 cBAG | Ffed c4 | a2f2d2c'2 | gfed c4 | dcBA GBAG | FDEC D4 ||

THUMP 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.

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