Annotation:Cadger Watty
X:1 T:Cadger Watty M:C| L:1/8 R:Air F:https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/94611372 B:Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 12 (c. 1760, p. 150) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A Tc2 (BA) (f/g/)a e2|Tc2 (BA) fB B2|Tc2 (BA) (f/g/)a e2|Tc2 (BA) FA A2:| |:(f/g/)a e2 afec|Aaec fB B2|(f/g/)a e2 fdca|ecT(BA) FA A2:|]
CADGER WATTY. Scottish, Air (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. In the 19th century cadger came to mean a beggar or someone posing as a pedlar but actually turning out to be a beggar; but in Oswald's time it retained its original meaning of 'pedlar', derived probably from its fifteenth century meaning of 'itinerant dealer with a pack-horse'. 'Watty' is a pet form of the personal name Walter.
