Breeches Loose (2)
X:1
T:Breeches Loose [2]
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Gmin
A|BdB cAc|BGG G2A|BdB cAc|AFF F2A|
BdB cAc|Bdg f2e|dcB (A/B/c)A|BGG G2:|
|:A|Bd(f f)dB|fdB fdB|ce(g g)ec|gec gec|
Bd(f f)dB|bag fdB|(c/d/e)c (A/B/c)A|BGG G2:||
X:13
T:Breeches Loose. Roose.0013
B:J.Roose MS, Manchester, 1850
Z:Village Music Project 2019 Eric Conrad
M:6/8
Q:3/8=120
L:1/8
N:From Fiddlers' Companion:
N:First published in John Johnson's Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country
N:Dances, v5 (1748). It apparently became associated with
N:the next tune, 'Petticoat Loose', when the two were published on the same
N:page in Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, v1 (1757).
N: -- see Fiddlers' Companion for more information.
K:Gm
|: A | BdB AcA | BGG G2A | BdB cAc | AFF F2A |
BdB cAc | Bdg f2e | dcB ABc | BGG G2 :|
|: A | Bdf fdB | fdB fdB | ceg gec | gec gec |
Bdf fdB | bag fdB | cec AcA | BGG G2 :|