The Cordwainer's March.

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 :|

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Aird/Aird_vol1_abc2/0186
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Aird/abc2/Aird_vol1/0186

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