tune page
The Cordwainer's March.
Found in Aird_vol1.abc
from the John Chambers' music books abc collection
X:0176
T:The Cordwainer's March.
T:Mr Nairne's Strathspey% [Daniel MacLaren]
T:The Revd. Patrick Macdonald of Kilmore% [Alexander Campbell]
T:Lord Balgonie's Favorite% [Niel and Nathaniel Gow]
T:Gloomy Winter % [Robert Tannahill]
T:The Piano %[Michael Nyman]
N:One of several tunes for the parades of the shoemakers' guild.
N:Probably the most-plagiarized tune in history; Aird's is the
N:earliest notated version, with another in Sharpe of Hoddom's MS
N:from about the same period (probably adapted from Aird's). In
N:fact I wrote it myself, of course.
M:C
L:1/8
Q:1/2=84
I: :: ::
Z:Jack Campin * www.campin.me.uk * 2009
K:B Minor
F |B2B>c TA>G```````FF | d2 d>e c>B``````````AA |
B2B>c A>G```````FF |(B/c/d/B/) (c/d/e/[c/f/]) d2 d :|
(f/e/)|ffff (g/f/e/d/) c>d | ee`````````ee (f/e/)(d/c/) (B/c/)
(d/e/)|f2B>c A>G F(d/e/)| fe/d/ e/d/c/d/ B2 B :|