Bucket (The)

 BUCKET, THE. AKA and see "The Colonel [2]." AKA - "Kick ye Buckett." English, Scottish; Jig (9/8 time). England; Northumberland, Lancashire, Lincoln. G Major ('A' part) & E Minor ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears in the 1770 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician William Vickers (as "The Buckette"). Unfortunately, very little is known of him. It also appears in the 1823 music manscripts of H.S.J. Jackson of Wyresdale, Lancahshire. As "Kick ye Buckett" it appears in William Clarke's (Lincoln) 1770 music manuscript. A published version under the "Bucket" title can be fournd in James Aird's Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 2 (Glasgow, 1745). However, in Walsh's Second Book of the Compleat Country Dancing Master, 3rd ed. (London, 1735, reprinted c. 1749), and Johnson's Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1744), the melody is found as "The Colonel.". The air along with dance instructions ("The Colonel") also appears in the Bodleian Manuscript (kept at Bodleian Library, Oxford), entitled "A Collection of the Newest Country Dances Performed in Scotland written at Edinburgh by D.A. Young, W.M. 1740." Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), vol. II, 1785; No. 126, p. 46. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 304. X:2 T:Buckette, The M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig S:William Vickers' music manuscript collection (Northumberland, 1770) K:G c|Bcd dBG Bcd|efg dBG ABc|Bcd dBG Bcd|A3 AFD D2:|
 * c|BAB (EFE) EFE|BAB EFE D2c|BAB EFE EFG|A3 AFD D2:||

X:1 T:Bucket, The M:9/8 L:1/8 S:Aird, vol. II (1785) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G c | Bcd dBG G2d | (e/f/g)e dBG G2B | Bcd dBG G2B | ABA AFD D2 :|
 * c | B2E EFE E2c | B2E EFE D2c | B2E EFE EFG | ABA AFD D2 :||

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