Annotation:Beggar's Dance

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BEGGAR'S DANCE. Scottish, Country Dance Tune (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears to be unique to James Oswald's Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 2 (1760, p. 89).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Oswald (Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 2), 1760; p. 89.

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