Annotation:Country Farmer (4) (The)
X:1 T:Country Farmer [4], The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Country Dance Tune B:Walter Rainstorp music manuscript collection (1747, p. 14) F: https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/2057949 N:The cover is inscribed “Walter Rainstorp, 1747. Bought in Cheap Side, N:London, 1747”. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A E|A2A AG>F|B2B Bcd|c>BA B>AG|A2A A2 |:e>d|c>de f>ga|e2e edc|d>ef ecA|B2B B2c| d>ed c>BA|GFE ded|c>BA BGE|A2A A2:|
COUNTRY FARMER [4], THE. English, Country Dance Tune and Jig (6/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The second strain is very similar to the second strain of "Country Farmer (2) (The)." This version of "Country Farmer" is, so far, unique to Walter Rainstorp's mid-18th century music manuscript collection.
