Cuddy Clauder

 CUDDIE CLAUDER. AKA and see "Cuddy Claw'd Her." Scottish, English; Jig. England, Northumberland. E Flat Major (Gow): G Major (Bruce & Stokoe, Peacock). Standard tuning. AB. "Old" remarks Gow, in the Sixth Collection (1822), and indeed, it appears in James Oswald's Caledonian Pocket Companion (London, 1760). It is a popular tune for variation sets by Northumbrian pipers, however, it does not appear to be originally a piping tune. John Stokoe cites a music manuscript copybook collection by one John Smith, dated 1752, whom Stokoe believed was a fiddler after examining the notation. Smith was also evidently from Northumberland, as the ms. contained a number of titles associated with Northumberland, including "Cuddy Clauder" (see Monthly chronicle of north-country lore and legend, p. 379 ). "Cuddy Clauder" or "Cuddy Claw'd Her" was also a song, printed in Oswald's Caledonian Pocket Companion, vol. 5 (c. 1755). This stanza was printed in Sir Walter Scott's A Ballad Book : Jenny lup ower the dyke Cuddy bade her, A' the lang winter night Cuddy claw'd her. Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3), 1788; p. 193. Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; p. 159. Charlton Memorial Tune Book, 1956; p. 26. Gow (Sixth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1822; p. 34. Peacock (Favorite Collection of Tunes with Variations), 1805; p. 10. Recorded sources: Resilient Records RES005, Kathryn Tickell & Peter Tickell - "What We Do" (2008). Sargasso Sounds EELCD03, Dave Faulkner & Steve Turner - "English and Border Music for Pipes." See also listings at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources. X:1 T:Cuddy Clawed Her M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig N:"Slowly" N:"Old" B:Gow - Sixth Collection of Strathspey Reels (1822) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Cmin E>FG GFE|DB>B, {E}D2B,|E>FG GFE|Dc>C {E}D2C|Cc>C {E}D2B,|cBA GFE|Dc>C {E}D2C|| c>de edc|dcB Bgf|edc dG=B|~c>dc cgf|edc cG=A|~B>cB Bgf|(ed).c (dc).=B|~c>dc c(_.B/._A/.G/.F/)| EFG GFE|DB>B, {E}D2B,|!trill!EFG GFE|Dc>C {E}D2C|Cc>C D2C|B,B>B, {E}D2B,|cBA GFE|Dc>C {E}D2C||

X:2 T:Cuddy Clauder S:Northumbrian Minstrelsy M:6/8 L:1/16 K:G G2| B3cd2 !trill!d2BcdB | d2 !trill!g4 !trill!B4 G2 | B3cd2 !trill!d2BcdB |A2 !trill!f4 !trill!A4 e2| B3cd2 !trill!d2BcdB | g2d2e2 g2d2B2 |cBABcA dcBcdB | A2 !trill!d4 !trill!A4 :| g2d2e2 g2d2B2|d2efge g2d2B2 | cBABcA dcBcdB | A2 !trill!f4 !trill!A4 :||
 * e2 | g2d2e2 g2d2B2 |d2 !trill!g4 !trill!B4 G2 |g2d2e2 g2d2B2 |A2 !trill!f4 !trill!A4 e2|

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