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 Theme code Index    111H5 427L5L
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AA'BB'CC
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:T. Skillern
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Skillern's Compleat Collection of Two Hundred & Four Reels...Country Dances
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 46
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1780
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X:1 T:Feathers [2], The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Country Dance or Jig N:”A New sett” B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (Glasgow, 1788, No. 419, p. 161) N:”Humbly dedicated to the Volunteers and Defensive Bands of Great Britain and Ireland” Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G D|G2G G2g|gfe d3|c2B A2G|FGA D3| G2G G2g|gfe d2c|BAG DGF|G3 G3:| |:D2D D2d|dcB c2B|D2D D2c|cBA B2G| G2GG2g|gfe d2c|BAG DGF|G3 G3:| |:A|TBAB G2A|TBAB G2A|BAG BAG|A2D D2A| TBAB G2A|TBAB G2d|ecB AGF|G3 G2:|]


X:2 T:Feathers [2], The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig K:G D|G2G G2g|gfe d3|c2B A2G|FGA D3| G2G G2g|gfe d2c|BAG DGF|1 G3 G2:|2 G3G3|| |:D2D D2d|dcB c2B|D2D D2c|cBA B2G| G2G G2g|gfe d2c|BAG DGF|1 G3 G3:|2 G3G2|| |:A|BAB G2A|BAB G2A|BAG BAG|A2D D2A| BAB G2A|BAB G2d|ecB AGF|G3 G2:||


X:1 T:Quick Step, A—the Feathers [2] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:March S:The Buttery Manuscript (c. 1784-1820, No. 529) N:John Buttery (1784-1854) joined the 34th Regiment in Lincoln, N:Lincolnshire, England, in 1797 and served as a fifer until discharged in N:1814. His large ms. contains marches, duty calls, dance tunes and airs. N:EASMES identifies this as the Fife MS. and suggests a date of 1780, see N:https://www.cdss.org/elibrary/Easmes/Index.htm Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G D|G2G G2g|gfe d2B|c2B A2G|FGA D2D| G2G G2g|gfe d2c|BAG DGF|G2 G,2:| |:D|D2D D2d|dcB c2D|D2D D2c|cBA B2D| G2G G2g|gfe d2c|BAG DGF|G2G,2:| |:A|BAB G2A|BAB G2A|BAG BAG|A2D D2A| BAB G2A|BAB G2d|BAG AGF|G3 G,2:|]


X:0616 T:Feathers [2]. Roose.0616, The C:'Cotillon' M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=110 B:J.Roose MS, Manchester 1850 Z:Village Music Project, Peter Dunk 2019 K:G |:D|G2G G2g|gfe d3|c2B A2G|FGA D3| G2G G2g|gfe d2c|BAG DGF|G3G,2:| |:D|D2D D2d|dcB c2A|D2D D2c|cBA B2G| G2G G2g|gfe d2c|BAG DGF|G3G,2:| K:Bb |:A|BAB G2A|BAB G2A|BAG BAG|A2D D2A| BAB G2A|BAB G2d|dcB AGF|G3G,2:|