British Hero (The)

 BRITISH HERO, THE. English, Scottish; Jig. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. John Glen (1891) finds the tune first in print in Neil Stewart's 1761 collection (Newest and Best Reels... p. 30), although it had appeared a year earlier in London publisher David Rutherford's Compleat Collection of 200 country Dances, vol.2 (1760). In addition to William Vickers' Northumbrian music manuscript collection, it appears in the music copybook of Perthshire musician John Fife (begun in 1780, added to at sea). James Aird prints the tune as "Female Hero." Printed source: Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 3; No. 442.

X:1 T:British Hero, The M:6/8 L:1/8 S:William Vickers (1770) K:G c|B/c/dc BGB|cAc BGB|B/c/dc BGB|AFG ABc| B/c/dc BGB|cAc BGB|gfe dcB|AFG AB:| BAG GDG|BGB gdc|efg dcB|AFG AB:||
 * c|BAG GDG|BGB gdc|BAG GDG|AFG ABc|

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