Salt Fish and Dumplings

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 Theme code Index    1113 61H52
 Also known as    Cairding O't (The), Salt Fish, Saltfish and Dumplings, Scotch Mason's Hornpipe, Shepherd's Hornpipe
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 Region    England, Scotland
 Genre/Style    English, Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    3 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    ENGLAND(London and South East)
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:John Walsh
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Third Book of the most celebrated jiggs Lancashire Hornpipes
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 9
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1731
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X:9 T:Salt Fish and Dumplins A:England;London M:4/4 L:1/8 Q:1/2=100 S:J.Walsh,Third Book of the most celebrated jiggs,etc 1731 Z:Pete Stewart, 2004 <www.hornpipemusic.co.uk> with vmp revisions K:A cB|A3B ABcd|fgaf ecBA|d3f ecBA|G2B4Bc| d3e fgaf|ecBAG3B|Ac Bd ce Bd|c2A4|| af|ecAc e3f|efde cdec|dcde fgab|g2e4dc| dcde fgac|dcBA GBeB|ceac Bcdec2A4|]


X: 1 T:Salt Fish and Dumplins. JJo1.014 B:J.Johnson Choice Collection Vol 1 after c1750? Z:vmp. Anne Wride 2015. www.village-music-project.org.uk M:C| Q:1/2=80 L:1/8 F:http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/Johnson/Johnson%20Vol1(Jan17).abc K:A cB | A3B ABcd | fgaf ecBA | d3f ecBA | G2 B4 Bc | d3e fgaf | ecBA G3B | AcBd ceBd | c2 A4 :| |: af |ecAc e3f | efde cdec | dcde fgab | g2 e4 dc | dcde fgac | dcBA GBeB | ceac Bcde | c2 A4 :| W:The 1st Cu. cast of two Cu. and turn in the 3d Cu. Place W:Then cast up two Cu. & turn at Top W:First Cu. cross over & half figure thro' the 2d Cu. W:Then lead thro' on the Mens sides and then on the Wo. side & the 1st Man go round the 2d Man & 1st Wo. round the 3d Wo. into the 2d Cu. Place W:The 1st Man turn 3d Wo. & 1st Wo. turn the 2d Man & turn Partners W:The 1st Man turn the 2d Wo. & the 1st Wo. the 3d Man & turn Partners W:The 1st & 2d Cu. right & left W:The 1st Cu. lead thro' the 3d. Cu. cast up & lead thro' the 2d Cu. & cast off.


X:1 T:Salt Fish & Dumlins [sic] M:C L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, B:vol. 3 (Glasgow, 1788, No. 487, p. 188) N:”Humbly dedicated to the Volunteers and Defensive Bands of Great Britain and Ireland” Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G B>A|G3A (B3c)|d3g dBAG|c3e dBAG|FGAB A3B| cBcd efge|dBAG {G}F2 ED|GBAc BdAc|B2G2G2:| |:ge|dBGB (d3e)|dBGB d2 cB|cBcd efga|f2d2d2 cB| cBcd efge|dBAG {G}TF2ED|GBAc BdAc|B2G2G2:|]


X: 1 C:Page 48 T:Salt Fish and Dumplins. MBe.98 S:Matthew Betham MS, Towcett Cumbria, 1815 O:England;Cumbria;Towcett Z:VMP - Hugh Taylor, 2012 M:C L:1/8 Q:1/2=100 R:.Reel N:Someone has written in a different hand "Salt Fish" above the title, presumably to clarify. K:G B/A/|G3 A B3 c|d3 f dBAG|c3 e dcBG|FGAB A3 B| cBcd efge|dBAG {G} F2 ED|GBAc BdAc|B2 G2 G3:| |:ge|dBGB d3 e|dBGB d2 cB|cBcd efga|f2 d2 d2 cB| cBcd efge|dBAG {G} F2 ED|GBAc BdAc|B2 G2 G3:|


X:5 T:Salt Fish and Dumplings,aka. Roose.1086 T:Cairdin' o't,aka. Roose.1086, The T:Scotch Mason's Hp,aka. Roose.1086, The T:Hornpipe. Roose.1086 B:John Roose MS, Manchester c1850 Z:Village Music Project-John Adams-2019 M:C L:1/8 Q:1/2=90 K:A z2|cBAB ABcd|ecaf ecBA|d2fd cecA|F2B2B2c2| dcde fgaf|edcB AGFE|FAGB AcBd|c2A2A2:| |:z2|ecAc efge|f2d2d3c|dcde fgaf|g2e2e3c| dcde fgaf|edcB AGFE|FAGB AcBd|c2A2A2:|


X:2 T:Salt Fish and Dumplings M:C L:1/8 R:Hornpipe S:O’Neill – O’Neill’s Irish Music Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G B>A | G3A B3c | d3 g dBAG | c3e dBAG | FGAB A3B | cBcd efge | dBAG F2 ED | GBAc BdAc | B2G2G2 :| |: ge | dBGB d3e | dBGB d2 cB | cBcd efga | f2d2d2 cB | cBcd efge | dBAG F2 ED | GBAc BdAc | B2G2G2 :|