Dumbarton Drums

X: 0502
T: Dumbarton Drums
R:reel
S:Loose sheet in my collection (possibly from RSCDS)
Z:Nigel Gatherer
S:Flowers, Ross (MTO) <Ross.Flowers@mto.gov.on.ca> scots-l 2001-6-12
W:
W:"Dumbarton's Drum" you wish to find;
W:The famous song first comes to mind
W:That Jean Redpath was want to croon
W:But could it be another tune?
W:
W:A forgotten air, like many more,
W:There's one solution: look up Gore!
W:If it's not in there I must insist
W:The tune you seek does not exist.
W:
W:Aha! I see it - just before
W:"Dumfries House" - good old Gore!
W:A fine old reel (but that high "c"
W:Does not endear the tune to me).
W:
W:So there you are, it might confuse;
W:The song or reel, you have to choose
W:If it's the former, let us know;
W:If it's the latter, see below.
M:4/4
L:1/8
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K:Em
GA | B3d  BcAB | G2d>e d2cB  | AGAB cBAG  | E2 e>f e2 de |
     g3a  bage | dBde  g3G   | ABge dBAG  | E2 e>f e2 :|
de | g3a  gaba | g2b>c' b2ag | agab c'bag | e2 a>b a2 ge |
     dega bage | dBde g2ga   | bage dBAG  | E2 e>f e2 :|

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Scotland/march/DumbartonDrums_G/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/march/Dumbarton_Drums_1/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/scots-l/DumbartonDrums_1/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/scots-l/DumbartonDrums_G/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/SCD/misc/DumbartonDrums_G/0000

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