Butcher Row

 BUTCHER ROW. English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDDetc. The melody appears in London publisher John Walsh's Third Collection (1730) of (as a period advertisement gives) "The Most Celebrated Jiggs, Lancashire Hornpipes, Scotch and Highland Lilts, Northern Frisks, Morris's and Cheshire Rounds". Walsh was one of the leading music publishers of his era, although whether he took any active role in the selection of the music contained is unknown. He issued two earlier volumes of his series of "Jiggs", although neither seem to have survived.

X:1 T:Butcher Row B: Walsh M:6/8 L:1/8 K:G g| fga a2 g| fga gdB:: fga efg| fga gdB:: f2e f/2e/2f/2g/2a|gec fdB:| g/2f/2e/2d/2c f/2e/2d/2c/2B ::aec aec| aec BGB::cB/2c/2 cB/2c/2|cB/2c/2 BGB:| A/2A/2A/2A/2e BGB| A/2A/2A/2A/2e A/2A/2A/2A/2g| A/2A/2A/2A/2e BGB:| A/2A/2A/2A/2A BGB::A3 d3 |c3 BGB:: cAd cAd| cAd BGB::aec aec|aec fdB:||
 * efe cAd| cdc fdB:: ABA cAd| cec fdB:: cAd cAd| cac BdB:|
 * a2 e f/2e/2f/2g/2 a|g/2f/2e/2d/2c f/2e/2d/2c/2B ::efe f/2e/2f/2g/2a |
 * ceA dfA| ceA fdB::cac dbd| cac BGB::ABA cAd| cec fdB:: ~e3 ~g3| aec fdB:|
 * efe fga| gec fdB::e3 c3| cec fdB|A3 c3| c3 BGB:: cAd cAd| cec fdB:|
 * e3 g3 |a2 c B2 g::a2 c a2 c| a2 c B2 g::a3 e3|cdc fdB::A/2A/2A/2A/2e A/2A/2A/2A/2f |
 * A/2A/2A/2A/2A cAc | A/2A/2A/2A/2A BGB :: e/2e/2e/2e/2e cAc|e/2e/2e/2e/2e BGB:|
 * a/2a/2a/2a/2a cAc |a/2a/2a/2a/2a BGB:: A/2A/2A/2A/2A A/2A/2A/2A/2A|

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