Annotation:Turtle (The)
X:1 T:Turtle, The T:Bonny Kitty M:2/4 L:1/8 B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773) Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007 Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G [G,D]|[G,G][G,G] G/A/B/c/|[Dd]([Dd] d/)g/f/e/|d/e/d/c/ B/c/B/A/|[G,G][G,G][G,G][G,D]| G(G G/)A/B/c/|[Dd]([Dd] d/)g/f/e/|d/e/d/c/ B/c/B/A/|[G,G\][G,G][G,G]:| |:(g|g/)f/e/d/ c/B/A/G/|[Ec][Ec][Ec]a|a/g/f/e/ d/c/B/A/|[GB][GB][GB](g| g/)f/e/d/ c/B/A/G/|[Ec][Ec][ce]g|ed/c/ B/c/A/B/|[G,G][G,G][G,G]:||
TURTLE, THE. AKA and see “Bonny Kitty.” English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was originally published by Charles and Samuel Thomposon in their Compleat Collection, vol. 2 (London, 1765) under the title “Bonny Kitty.” It was re-titled for their vol. 3 as “The Turtle.” As with numerous other tunes from the Thompson’s 1773 collection, it was entered into the 1788 music manuscript copybook of fiddlers John and William Pitt Turner (Norwich, Conn.).
