Annotation:Stay and take your breeches with you (3)
X: 1 T:Stay and Take Your Breeches With You [3]. JW6.075 O:England;London M:C| L:1/8 Z:vmp.Peter Dunk.2011.from a transcription by Paul Dennant S:John Walsh Jr. The Compleat Country Dancing Master.Vol 6 1756 Q:1/2=60 K:D d|d/d/d d>F E>E Ee|d/d/d d>F D>D Dd|e/f/g fd e>d ef|dc/B/ A/G/F/E/ DDD|| f|d/d/d f>g g>f ef|d/c/d/e/ f/e/f/g/ a>b af|ab/a/ (b/a/g/f/) g>f eg| a/g/f g/f/e d>c fd|g/f/e f/e/d e>d ef|d/d/d d>F D>D D|]
STAY AND TAKE YOUR BREECHES WITH YOU [3]. English, Scottish; Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Stay and Take Your Breeches with You [3]" was published in London by John Young in his "A Collection of Original Scotch Tunes" (1720, p. 17) and later picked by John Walsh (& Son) for his Compleat Country Dancing Master vol. 6 (1756). The tune can also be found in the James Thomson Manuscript[1] (1702, 2.31).
