(the) Fidler's Morris

X: 1
T: (the) Fidler's Morris
N: "Scots air" handwritten right of title in DMDfD.
N: "Watson's Scots measure" and "O Gin Ye were dead Guidman" handwritten after tune.
N: Robert Burns used this tune for his song 'There was a lad born in Kyle'.
P: Longways for as many as will
%R: reel
B: "The Compleat Country Dancing-Master" printed by John Walsh, London ca. 1740
S: 6: CCDM1 http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Compleat_Country_Dancing-Master_(Various) V.1 p.67 #98
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Deleted an extra "and" in the dance instructions.
M: C|
L: 1/8
K: F
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DE |\
F2F2 c2F2 | B2 G4 DE | F2F2 c2F2 | A2f2 c3c |\
defd AB cA | dc BA G2DE | F2f2 c3B | A2 F4 |]
de |\
fefg fgaf | gfga gage | fefg fgaf | gfed cdec |\
defd AB cA | dc BA G2 DE | F2f2 c3B | A2 F4 |]
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/JohnWalsh/alltunes/0481

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