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X:1 T:Draw the Sword Scotland M:C L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Vivace" B:Davidson's Gems of Scottish Melody (n.d., p. 29) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D F>E F>G A2d2|B2d2A2d2|F>E F>G A2 d>c|B>A G>F E2 d>e| f2 ed e2c2|d2 B2A2F>F|F>EF>G A2 d>A|B2 c>e d2d2| d2 cB c2^A2|B2G2F2 E>E|F>E F>G A2 d>c|B>AG>F E2 d>e| F>E F>G A2d2|B2d2A2d2|F>E F>G A2 d>c|B>A G>F E2 d>e| f2 ed e2c2|d2B2A2 F>F|F>EF>G A2 d>A|B2 c>e d2 z2||



DRAW THE SWORD SCOTLAND. AKA and see "Sandy’s Favorite." Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Published in New York by Ed Harding in 1905 as "Sandy’s Favorite." "Draw the Sword Scotland" was also entered in the mid-19th century music manuscript of William Winter (1774-1861), a shoemaker and violin player who lived in West Bagborough in Somerset, southwest England.


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Printed sources : - G.H. Davidson (Davidson's Gems of Scottish Melody), n.d. (c. 1830's); p. 29. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 1), c. 1880; No. 2, p. 24. Geoff Woolfe (William Winter’s Quantocks Tune Book), 2007; No. 353, p. 124 (ms. originally dated 1850).






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