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Annotation:Tom come tickle me
X:1 T:Tom come tickle me M:6/8 L:1/8 B:David Young – “A Collection of Scotch Airs with the latest Variations” (AKA - The B:McFarlane Manuscript (c. 1741, No. 22, p. 48) F:https://rmacd.com/music/macfarlane-manuscript/collection/pdfs/tom_come_tickle_me.pdf N:The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland K:Edor E|G2e BGE|F2d AFD|E2e BGB|AFD E2:| |:c/d/|edc BGE|dcB AFD|edc BeG|AFD E2:| |:F|E>FE BEB|FDF AFA|E>FE Beg|Tf>ed e2:| |:g/a/|bge bge|afd afd|bge beg|Tf>ed e2:|]
TOM COME TICKLE ME. Scottish, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. The melody appears as a country dance tune in Scottish musician and dancing master David Young's MacFarlane Manuscript (c. 1740). Compare with the family of Irish tunes that includes "Trip to Sligo (1)." See also the similarly titled "annotation:Tommy Come Tickle Me," collected in southwestern Pennsylvania.
