Annotation:Hurrah for the Bonnets of Blue

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 HURRAH FOR THE BONNETS OF BLUE. English, Jig. England, Northumberland. G Major (Hall & Stafford, Raven): D Major (Sweet). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Hall & Stafford, Raven): AABB (Sweet). 'Blue Bonnets' is a euphemism for the Scots, steming, it is said, from the custom of Jacobite troops identifying themselves with a white cockade worn on a blue bonnet, the only thing that passed for a uniform in those days. The white cockade emblem is said to have originated when Bonnie Prince Charlie plucked a wild rose and pinned it to his hat.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Hall & Stafford (Charlton Memorial Tune Book), 1956; p. 14. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 112. Sweet (Fifer's Delight), 1964/1981; p. 21.  Recorded sources:

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