Cutting at the Broom

 CUTTING AT THE BROOM. English, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears in the c. 1842 music manuscript collection of John Rook, a musician from Cumbria. The melody was published in 1757 as "Intrepid (The)" in Charles and Samuel Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1.

X:1 T:Cutting at the Broom M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:John Rook ms. (Waverly, Cumbria, 1842) K:A f|ecA ABc|d2c B2A|ecA AcA|B2c d2f| ecA ABc|d2c B2A|BdB cec|A2A A2:| ecA ABc|d2c B2A|BdB cec|A3 A2:||
 * f|ece fdf|ecA A2f|ece fga|B2c d2f|

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