Annotation:Bowman’s Fancy

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BOWMAN'S FANCY. English, Jig. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The title may refer to English musician and composer Henry Bowman, about whom little is known. Bowman was an organist of Trinity College, Cambridge, and was active in the 1670's when he published some of his song compositions.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5), Glasgow, 1797; No. 37, p. 14.

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