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 Theme code Index    13b52 7bL244
 Also known as    Bang Your Eye, Brisk Young Lad, Brisk Young Lad's (The), Bung Her Eye, Earl of Dunmore (The), High Cauld Cap (The), Jolly Old Man (The), Mary the Maid
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 Region    England, Scotland
 Genre/Style    English, Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    NONE
 Mode    Aeolian (minor)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Robert Ross
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:A Choice Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances & Strathspeys etc.
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 1
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1780
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Bung your Eye M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Robert Ross – Choice Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances B:& Strathspeys (Edinburgh, 1780, p. 1) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amin V:1 E|ABA c2d|edc TB2A|GAG B2c|dge dBG| ABA c2d|edc Bcd|e2(A A)B^G|A3c2:| |:G|c>(de/f/ g2)a|gec gec|G>(AB/c/ d2)e|dge dBG| c>(de/f/ g2)a|gec de^g|a2(A A)B^G|A3 c2:|] V:2 clef = bass z|A,2z E,2z|C,B,,A,, G,,3|B,,3 G,G,,A,,|B,,2C B,,2G,| C,3E,3|A,3D,3|C,2D, E,2E,|A,,C,E, A,,2:| |:z|E,3 E,A,F,|C,3 E,3|G,,3 G,3|B,2C B,3| C,3 E,CF,|E,3B,,3|C,2D,E,2 E,|A,,C,E, A,,2:|]


X:1 T:Bung your Eye M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1 (1782, No. 15, p. 6) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amin E|ABA c2d|edc B2A|GAG B2c|dge dBG| ABA c2d|edc Bcd|e2A BAG|A3 A2:| |:G|cde g2a|gec gec|GAG B2c|dge dBG| cde g2a|gec de^g|a2A BA^G|A3 A2:|]


X:1 T:Bung your Eye M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:William Campbell – “Campbell’s 12th Book of New and Favorite Country Dances & B:Strathspey Reels for the Harp, Piano-Forte & Violin, with their Proper Figures, as B:Danced at Court, Bath, Williss’s, & Hanover Square Rooms” (Soho, London, c. 1797, p. 24) F: https://vmirror.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/9/9a/IMSLP655932-PMLP1052069-campbells12thboo00camp.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amin V:1 E|ABA c2d|edc B2A|GAG B2c|dge dBG| ABA c2d|edc Bcd|e2A BA^G|A3 A2:| |:G|cde g2a|gec gec|GAG B2c|dge dBG| cde g2a|gec ce^g|a2A BA^G|A3 A2:|] V:2 clef = bass z|A,,3A,3|C,2A,, E,2z|A,,3G,2z|G,2C, B,,2E,| A,,3A,2F,|E,2A, ^G,2E,|A,2C, E,2E,,|A,,3 A,2:| |:z|C,3E,2F,|E,3C,3|B,,3G,,2z|B,,2C,B,,2G,| C,3 E,2F,|E,3 A,2B,|C2C, D,2E,|A,E,C, A,,2:|]


X:2 T:Bung Your Eye M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:Gow - 1st Repository (1799) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Amin E|ABA c2d|e(dc) B2A|GAG B2c|dge dBG| ABA c2d|edc Bcd|e2A AB^G|A3 e2:| |:B|c>de/f/ g2a|gec gec|G>AB/c/ d2e|dge dBG| c>de/f/ g2a|gec de^g|a2A AB^G|A3 e2:||


X:1 T:Bung your eye M:6/8 L:1/8 B:Thomas Calvert music manuscript collection (1812, B:Leyburn, Yorkshire, No. 29) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Amin E2|ABA c2d|edc B2A|GAG Bc|dge dBG| ABA c2d|edc Bcd|e2A BAG|A3 A2:| |:G|cde g2a|gec gec|GAG B2c|dgd dBG| cde g2a|gec deg|a2a BAG|A3 A2:|


X:1 T:Bung Your Eye. A Quick Step. M:6/8 L:1/8 R:March S:The Buttery Manuscript (c. 1784-1820, No. 462) N:John Buttery (1784-1854) joined the 34th Regiment in Lincoln, N:Lincolnshire, England, in 1797 and served as a fifer until discharged in N:1814. His large ms. contains marches, duty calls, dance tunes and airs. N:EASMES identifies this as the Fife MS. and suggests a date of 1780, see N:https://www.cdss.org/elibrary/Easmes/Index.htm Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amin E|ABA c2d|edc B2A|GAG B2c|dge dBG| ABA c2d|edc Bcd|e2A BA^G|A3 A2:| |:G|cde g2a|gec gec|GAG B2c|dge dBG| cde g2a|gec ce^g|a2A BA^G|A3 A2:|]


X:3 T:Bung Your Eye. Le4.003 B:L.Leadley MS#4 c1850 Z:Village Music Project, 2016 Steve Mansfield M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=120 K:Am E | ABA c2d | edc B2A | GAG B2c | dge dBG | ABA c2d | edc Bcd | e2A BA^G | A3 A2 :| |: G | cde g2a | gec gec | GAG B2c | dge dBG | cde g2a | gec de^g | a2A BA^G | A3 A2 :|


X:27 T:Bung your Eye. Roose.0027 B:J.Roose MS, Manchester, 1850 Z:Village Music Project 2019 Eric Conrad M:6/8 Q:3/8=120 L:1/8 K:Am |: D | ABA c2d | edc B2A | GAG B2c | dge dBG | ABA c2d | edc Bcd | e2A BA^G | A3 A2 :| |: G | cde g2a | gec gec | GAG B2c | dge dBG | cde g2A | gec de^g | a2A BA^G | A3 A2 :|