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Noble Squire Dacre
X:1 T:Noble Squire d'Acre comes over the Border M:6/8 L:1/8 N:Hand-written on the page is the note "Slow with Expression," N:which may be Nathaniel Gow's entry, as it is believed to have N:been his copy of the book. B:Robert Riddell -- Collection of Scotch Galwegian Border Tunes (1794) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D e|:cBA AEA|ABc TB2A|dcB BFB|dfd Tfga| cBA AEA|ABc TB2A|dfd efg|a2c TB2A:| |:cA/B/c/A/ Te2A|c(A/B/c/A/) Te2A|d(B/c/d/B/) Tf2B|d(B/c/d/B/) Tfga| c(A/B/c/A/) Te2A|c(A/B/c/A/) edc|dfd efg|a2c TB2A:| |:cAA eAA|fAA eAA|dBB fBB|aBB fga| cAA eAA|fAA edc|dfd efg|a2c TB2A:||
X:1
T:Noble Squire Dacre Comes Over the Border
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:Davidson's Instrumental Gems (p. 14)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
e|:OcBA AEA|ABc TB2A|dcB BFB|dfd fTga|
cBA AEA|ABc TB2A|dfd efg|a2c TB2A:|!Fine!
|:cA/B/c/A/ Te2A|cA/B/c/A/ Te2A|dB/c/d/B/ Tf2B|dB/c/d/B/ fga|
cA/B/c/A/ Te2A|dA/B/c/A/ edc|dfd efg|a2c TB2A:|
|:cAA eAA|fAA eAA|dBB fdd|aBB fg|
cAA eAA|fAA edc|dfd efg|a2A TB2A:|O!D.C.!||
X:1
T:Squire Dacre's
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:John Rook music manuscript collection (1840, p. 8)
N:Rook was a multi-instrumentalist from Waverton, near Wigton, Cumbria
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
e|c>BA AEA|ABc TB2A|dBB TB2A|Bde f2a|
c>BA AEA|ABc TB2A|def efg|(f/g/a)A B2A||
BAA eAA|gAA eg/f/e/d/|dBB fBB|aBB fa/g/f/e/|
cAA eAA|gAA eg/f/e/d/|def efg|f/g/ac B2A||
(c/B/A/B/c/A/) Te2A|(c/B/A/B/c/A/) Te2A2|(d/c/B/c/d/)B/ f2B|
(d/c/B/c/d/B/) Tf2B|c/B/A/B/c/A/ Te2A|c/B/A/B/c/A/ Te2A|
def efg|f/g/ac TB2A||cAA eAA|gAA eAA|dBB fBB|
aBB fBB|cAA eAA|gAA eAA|def efg|f/g/ac B2A:|]
X:1
T:Noble Squire Dacre
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Bruce & Stokoe - Northumbrian Minstrelsy (1882)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
BA>G G>FG|G>AB A2G|c>BA A>BA|c>ec efg|
B>AG G>AG|G>AB A2G|c>ec def|g2B A2G:|
|:BG/A/B/G/ d2G|BG/A/B/G/ d2G|cA/B/c/A/ e2A|cA/B/c/A/ efg|
BG/A/B/G/ d2G|BG/A/B/G/ dcB|cec def|g2B A2:|]
X:1
T:Noble Squire Dacre (A Funeral Dirge)
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
N:"Very slowly, 6 beats in a bar."
B:Cocks - Tutor for the Northumbrian Half-Long Bagpipes (1925, No. 12, p. 10)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
c>BA {e}A>BA|{e}A>Bc TB2A|d>cB {e}B>cB|d>fd fga|
c>BA {e}A>BA|{e}A>Bc TB2A|d>fd efg|a2c TB2A:|
|:cA/B/c/A/ Te2A|cA/B/c/A/ Te2A|dB/c/d/B/ Tf2B|dB/c/d/B/ fga|
cA/B/c/A/ Te2A|cA/B/c/A/ edc|dfd efg|a2c B2A:|]
