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Annotation:Negroe (The)
X: 1 T:Negroe. Ru1.098,The B:Rutherford's Country Dances Vol 1, 1756 Z:village music project, Ruairidh Greig July 2015 M:C| L:1/8 Q:1/4=100 K:G c|BGAF [G3G,3] (c|B)GAF [G3G,3] (c|B)GAF GEDC|B,GA,F [G3G,3]:| |:c|(B/c/d) DFG3c|(B/c/d) DFG3c|(B/c/d) Dc (B/c/d) Dc| (B/c/d) Dc B/c/d D(c|B)GAF GEDC|B,GA,F [G3G,3]:| W:The first Man sets to the 2d. Wo. & turns .| The W:first Wo. does the same :| Cross over two Couple W:Lead up to the Top foot it & cast off Lead through W:the Bottom Right Hand and Left at Top :|
NEGROE, THE. English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Fr. John Quinn finds this tune related to the later "What a Beau Your Granny was (1)" and "Over the Moor to Betty." It is perhaps an ancestral melody.
