Keel Rewe Reel. JBut.724, The

X:728
T:Keel Rewe Reel. JBut.724, The
T:Keel Row. JBut.724, The
T:Smiling Polly, aka. JBut.724
N:A setting of the well known tune, "The Keel Row".
N:The R in  "Rewe" could, possibly, be read as a B, but Rewe is a contemporary spelling of "Row"
N:Thought to be of Scottish, or Northumbrian in origin.
N:aka Smiling Polly, Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2, 1765, No. 129. (VMP THO2.129
N:Very similar A Part (in D). B Part, less so.
N:The tune is in the Northumbrian music manuscript collection of John Smith, dated 1752, unfortunately now lost
N:(information from The Traditional Tune Archive).
B:John Buttrey MS, poss. Lincolnshire, early 19thC
S:https://buttreymilitarysocialtunes1800.wordpress.com/
Z:vmp.2019.Greg Bradfield-Smith.
R:Reel
M:C
L:1/8
Q:1/2=70
K:G
c|B2GB c2Ac|B2GB A2 Dc|B2GB c2Ac|BG A/G/F G2:|
|:c|Bddg e2dc|B2GB A2Dc|Bddg e2dc|BG A/G/F G2G:|
|:c|BGGB cAAc|BGGB ADDc|BGGB cAAc|BG A/G/F G2G:|