Annotation:Big Bowwow (The) New Set
X:1 T:Big Bow Wow, The T:Big Bow Wow, New Set M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Robert Ross – Choice Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances B:& Strathspeys (Edinburgh, 1780, p. 32) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G c|TB2(G G)AB|c2c c2d|TB2(G G)AB|A2A A2c| TB2(G G)AB|c2d e2g|edc BcA|G2G G2:| |:f|(g>ag) fdB|c2c c2f|(g>ag) gdB|A2A A2f| (g>ag) gdB|c2d e2g2|edc BcA|G2G G2:|]
BIG BOWWOW, NEW SET (THE). AKA - "Big Bow Wow (The)." Scottish, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune appears in Robert Ross's 1780 collection as "The Big Bow Wow," but in James Aird's 1788 collection as "Big Bowwow, New Set" to differentiate it from "Big Bow Wow" (also printed by Aird), which is different in the second strain. A version of the tune was entered in the mid-19th century music manuscript of William Winter, a shoemaker and violin player who lived in West Bagborough in Somerset. A version, cognate but not identical, appears under the title "Quick Step March."
