Bonny Kate of Aberdeen

 BONNIE KATE OF ABERDEEN. AKA and see "Bonny Kate (3)." English, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was originally published by John Walsh in his Compleat Country Dancing Master, vol. 5 (London, 1754), and later by Charles and Samuel Thompson in their Compleat Collection, vol. 3 (London, 1773). "Bonny Kate of Aberdeen" can also be found in the music manuscript collections of London musician Thomas Hammersley (1790), and fiddlers John and William Pitt Turner (Norwich, Conn., 1780). Printed source: Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1773; No. 85.

X:1 T:Bonny Kate of Aberdeen M:C| L:1/8 B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773) Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynnian Titford-Mock, 2007 Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D AFG>A G2 FE|A '''© 1996-2010 Andrew Kuntz. All Rights Reserved.''' Engraver Valerio M. Pelliccioni