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Babbity Bowster
X:1 T:Babbity Bowster M:6/8 L:1/8 K:G c3B3|A2F D3|G2A B3|G2A B3|c3 B3|A2F D3| ddB c2A|G3 G3|c3B3|A2F D3|G2A B3|G2A B3| c3B3|A2F D3|d2B cBA|G3 G2G|c3B3|A2F D3| d2B cBA|G3 G2G|c2c B2B|A2F D2D|G2A B2B| G2A B2B|c2c B2B|A2F D2D|d2B cBA|G3 G3||
X:2
T:Bab at the Bouster
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1 (1782, No. 119, p. 42)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
(A/B/)|c3 B3|ABG F2D|GAG BAB|GAG BAB|
c3 B3|ABA fef|g2d edc|B3 G2:|
|:B|cd(e/f/) gdB|ABG F2D|G2c BAB|G2c BAB|
cd(e/f/) gdB|ABG F2D|gfe dec|B3 G2:|
|:A/B/|cAc BGB|ABG FED|GAG BAB|GAG BAB|
cAc BGB|ABA fef|g2d edc|B3 G2:|]
X:3
T:Boo the Bolstor
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
S:John Sutherland music manuscript, c. 1785
N:Sutherland was a pastoral piper from Aberdeenshire
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
B|c3 B3|ABG F2D|G2G BAB|G2G BAB|
c3B3|ABA fef|g2d edc|B3 G3:|
|:B|cde gdB|ABG FED|G2d B/c/dB|G2d (B/c/d)B|
|1 cde gdB|ABA fef|g2d edc|B3G3:|
|2 cac BgB|aag fef|g2d edc|B3G3:||