Annotation:Sow in the Sack (The)
X:1 T:Sow in the Sack, The M:C| L:1/8 B:Sylvanus Urban – The Gentleman’s Magazine vol. XXI, January, 1751, p. 37. F:https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.30000080774023&view=1up&seq=51 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A cAA(B/A/) edc(B/A/)|aecA B/B/B B2|aef(e/f/) edc(B/A/)|acBc A/A/A A2:| |:e(d/c/) d(c/B/) c(B/A/) BA|a(g/f/) g(f/e/) f(e/d/) e2|aef(e/f/) edc(B/A/)|acBc A/A/A A2:|
SOW IN THE SACK, THE. English, Reel (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears in two mid-18th century periodicals, Sylvanus Urban's Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle (1751) and Benjamin Martin's The General Magazine of Arts and Sciences (1755). The title is perhaps a topical reference to a political or Royal scandal.
