Country Bumpkin

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 Theme code Index    4327L 1313
 Also known as    Bab at the Bowster, Babbity Bowster, Bumpkin (The), Old Country Bumpkin (The), Who Learned You to Dance Babbity Bowster, Who Learned You to Dance and a Towdle
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/4, 6/8
 History    
 Structure    AA'BB'CC'
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:John Walsh
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Caledonian Country Dances
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 85
 Year of publication/Date of MS    c. 1745
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Country Bumkin [sic] M:6/4 L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:John Walsh - Caledonian Country Dances (c. 1745, p. 85) N:Published in several volumes and different editions, 1731-c. 1745) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G c6 B6|A2B2G2 F3ED2|G4G2 B2A2B2|G4G2 B2A2B2| c6B6|A2B2G2 F4f2|g4d2 e2d2c2|B6 G6||


X:1 T:Country Bumpkin, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:William Campbell – “Campbell’s 14th 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. 1799, p. 18) F: https://vmirror.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/0/0a/IMSLP655933-PMLP1052069-campbells14thboo00camp.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G V:1 c3B3|ABG FEF|GAG BAB|GAG BAB| c3B3|Aag fef|g2d edc|1 B3 GAB:|2 G3G2c|| Bde/f/ gdB|ABG FEF|GAG BAB|GAG BAc| Bde/f/ gdB|Aag fef|g2d edc|1 B3 G2c:|2 G3 GAB|| |:cAc BGB|ABG FEF|GAG BAB|GAG BAB| |1 cAc BAB|cag fef|g2d edc|B3 GAB:| |2 cac BgB|Aag fef|g2d edc|BgB GAB|| V:2 clef = bass C,3B,,3|A,,3A,,3|G,,3G,,3|G,,3G,,3| C,3B,,3|A,,3F,3|G,3D,3|1G,,3G,,3:|2G,,3G,,3|| |:G,,3G,,3|A,,3A,3|G,,3G,,3|G,,3G,,3| G,,3G,,3|A,,3F,3|G,3D,3|1G,,3G,,3:|2G,,3G,,3|| |:C,3B,,3|A,,3A,,3|G,,3G,,3|G,,3G,,3| |1C,3B,,3|A,,3F,3|G,3D,3|G,,3G,,3:| |2 G,,3G,,3|B,,3C,3|D,3D,3|G,,3G,,3||


X:2 T:Country Bumpkin M:6/8 L:1/8 S:London, c. 1805 N:Also in William Pitt Turner's 1788 ms. (Norwich, Conn.) K:G c3 B3|ABG FEF|GAG BAB|GAG BAB| c3 B3|Aag fef|g2d edc|1 B3 GAB:||2 B3 G2c|| Bde/f/ gdB|ABG FEF|GAG BAB|GAG BAc| Bde/f/ gdB|Aag fef|g2d edc|1 B3 G2c:||2 B3 GAB|| cAc BGB|ABG FEF|GAG BAB|GAG BAB| |1 cAc BAB|cag fef|g2d edc|B3 GAB:| |2 cac BgB|Aag fef|g2d edc|BgB GAB||


X: 1 T:Country Bumpkin,aka. RH.511 A:Temple Sowerby,Cumbria F:http://richardrobinson.tunebook.org.uk/tune/9082 L:1/8 M:6/8 N:in a different hand - Country Bumpkin, Bab At The Bowster, aka O:England Q:3/8=100 R:air S:Rev.R.Harrison's MS,c1815,Cumbria Z:vmp.Simon Wilson. Review PJH, 2008. %%TBL:{"version":"beta","type":"tune","id":"9082"} F:http://www.john-chambers.us/~jc/music/abc/mirror/tunebook.org.uk/tunebook.abc K:G c2c B2B|ABG FED|(G2B) .B2z|(G2B) .B2z|! c2c B>BB|(A2G) FED|g>gd e>dc|B2A G2z||! B2d ded|(BAG) d2A|B2G d2c|(BAG) d2z|! (gd).d ddc|(BAG) d2d|(dA).G B2G|FGE D2z|! c2c B2B|(ABG) (FED)|(G2B) .B2z|G2B B2z|! c2c BBB|A2G (FED)|g2d/d/ (edc)|(Bc).A G2z|]


X: 1 T:Country Bumpkin. JaW.182 M:6/8 Q:120 C:"...for a nine reel" S:James Winder Ms, Lancashire, 1835-41 R:Jig O:England A:Wyresdale,Lancashire H:1/8 Z:vmp.Chris Partington, Aug 2004 F:http://www.andyhornby.net/Music/James%20Winder%201835%20MS.abc K:G c3 B3|ABG FED|G2B BAB|G2B BAB|c3 B3|! A2G FED|c2B c2B|A2G FED|g2d edc|B3 G3:|! |:gfe dcB|ABA FED|G2B BAB|G2B BAB|! gfe dcB|ABA FED|g2d edc|B3 G3:|! |:cac BgB|ABA FED|G2B BAB|G2B BAB|! cac BgB|ABA FED|g2d edc|B3G3:|]


X:1 T:Quick March M:6/8 L:1/8 S:John Rook music manuscript collection (1840, p. 25) N:Rook was a multi-instrumentalist from Waverton, near Wigton, Cumbria N:A version of "Country Bumpkin" Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G c3B3|ABG FED|G2G BAB|G2G BAB| c3 B3|ABG fef|g2d dec|B3 G3:| |:c2g B2g|ABG FED|G2G ABA|G2G ABA| c2g B2g|ABG FED|g2d dec|B3 G3:|]


X:6 T:Country Bumpkin. Roose 415 M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=110 B:Roose MS, 1850 Z:Village Music Project, M.W.Humphreys 2019 K:G c3B3 | ABG FED | G2[GB] BAB | G2[GB] BAB | c3B3 | ABG FED | g2d edc | B3 G3 :| |:c2a B2g | ABG FED | G2G BAB | G2G BAB | c2a B2g | ABG FED |g2d edc | B3 G3 :|


X:1 T:Country Bumpkin M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:John McLachlan - Piper’s Assistant (1854, No. 99, p. 60) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D B/c/|d3c3|B2AG2B|AAA TcBc|AAA TcBA| d3Tc3|BBB gfg|g2e fed|c3 A2:| |:c|def aec|Bdc TBGB|A2d TcBc|A2d TcBA| Tfdf ecA|BBB gfg|a2e Tfed|c3A2:| |:c|dGd cAc|BBB BGB|AAA TcBc|AAA TcBA| dfd cec|BBB gfg|a2e Tfed|c3 A2:|]