X:1
T:Try Scolar
T:Three Scholars
O:Cornwall
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Collected by S. Petherwin
N:"Tune was played, with variations, till dancers dropped."
N:The tune is an "Irish Washerwoman" variant
K:D
AFD DED|FGA AGF|GFE EFG|FGA BAA|
ASFSA AFA|Bcd cBA|Bcd AFD|DED CB,A,:|
TRY SCOLER. AKA - "Three Scholars." English, Jig (6/8 time). England, Cornwall. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The tune is a variant on "Irish Washerwoman (1)," and was played, with variations, until "the dancers dropped."
Additional notes
Source for notated version : -
Merv Davey (1983) writes: "This tune was sent to George Gardiner by C.S. Parsonson in 1905. He had noted this tune from a Thomas Bennet of School Hill, South Petherwin."
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