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X:1 T:Try Scolar T:Three Scholars O:Cornwall M:6/8 L:1/8 S:Collected by S. Petherwin N:"Tune was played, with variations, till dancers dropped." N:The tune is an "Irish Washerwoman" variant K:D AFD DED|FGA AGF|GFE EFG|FGA BAA| ASFSA AFA|Bcd cBA|Bcd AFD|DED CB,A,:|



TRY SCOLER.  AKA - "Three Scholars." English, Jig (6/8 time).  England, Cornwall. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The tune is a variant on "Irish Washerwoman (1)," and was played, with variations, until "the dancers dropped." 


Additional notes

Source for notated version : -

Merv Davey (1983) writes: "This tune was sent to George Gardiner by C.S. Parsonson in 1905. He had noted this tune from a Thomas Bennet of School Hill, South Petherwin."



Printed sources : - Merv Davey (Hengan) 1983; p. 53.  RACCA 2, No. 73. 






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