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 Theme code Index    3332 1554
 Also known as    Dunbarton's Drums, Dumbarton's Drums Beat Bonny, Old Dumbarton Drums, Scotch Tune
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Country Dance
 Key/Tonic of    F
 Accidental    1 flat
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:William Thomson
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Orpheus Caledonius vol. 2
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 8, p. 29
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1733
 Artist    Biography:Jimmy Shand
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Beltona 2446 (78 RPM)
 Year recorded    
 Media    
 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Dumbarton’s Drums M:C| L:1/8 R:Air B:William Thomson - Orpheus Caledonius, vol. 2 (1733, No. 8, p. 29) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F FG|A3c Ac AG|F2c2c2 B A |GF G A BA GF|D2 d2 d2 cd| f2f g ag f d|cA c d f2 F A|GA f d cA G F|D2 d2d2|| c d |f2 f g ab a g|f2a2a2 g f |gf ga ba g f |d2g2g2 f d| c d f g ag fd|c A c d f2 f g |ag f d cA G F|D2d2d2||


X:1 T:Dumbarton’s Drums M:C L:1/8 R:Air B:Francis Barsanti – “Collection of Old Scots Tunes” (Edinburgh, 1742, p. 1) F: https://vmirror.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/b/b0/IMSLP94625-PMLP194938-Barsanti_A_Collection_of_Old_Scots_Tunes.pdf N:Francis Barsanti (1690-1775) was an Italian flautist, oboist and composer who spent N:most of his life in London and Edinburgh. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Dmin V:1 FG|A3c AcTAG|F2 c2{c}c2 T(BA)|T(GFG)A (BA)T(GF)|{E}D2d2 Td2 cd|f2 fg (ag)T(f>d)| (cA)c>d f2 F>A|(GA) f>d (cA)T(GF)|D2 d2 {e}d2::cd|f2 f>g a>bTa>g|f2 a2 {b}a2 (gf)|Tg>fga (ba)T(gf)| d2 g2 Tg2 (fd)|(c>d)f>g (ag)(fd)|(cA)cd f2 f>g|(ag)Tf>d (cA)TG>F|D2 d2{e}d2:|] V:2 clef = bass z2|F,G,A,E, F,2 zC,|D,2A,,2B,,2B,2|C2zF, G,3A,|B,A,G,F, D,2z2|A,G,A,E, F,G,A,B,| A,3G, F,G,A,F,|C3B,A,2 zA,|B,A,G,F, D,2::z2|z2 C,2F,2F,G,|A,G,F,E, F,2F,,2|C,3F,G,3A,| B,A,G,F, E,C,F,G,|A,2zE, F,G,A,B,|A,3G, F,G,A,E, |F,3B, A,3A,|B,A,G,F, D,2:|]


X:1 T:Dumbarton’s Drums beat Bonny M:C L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Slow" B:Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 2 (1760, p. 3) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G G>A|B3d B>dA>B|G2 (d>e) d2 T(c>B)|(AGA)B (cB)T(AG)|e2 (e>f) e2 (d>e)| (gfg)a baTg>e|dBde {de}g2G2|AB g(f/e/) (A>G)|E2 (e>f) e2:| |:(d>e)|g3a (g>a)(b>a)|g2 b>c' b2 (ag)|(ag)ab c'bT(a>g)|e2 (ab) a2 (ge)| (de)(ga) (b>g)(a>e)|gdeg TB2 A>G|b>a ge (d<B) (TA>F)|E2 (e>f) e2:| |:G>A|B2g4 TB>A|G2 {Bc}d4 T(c>B)|A2a4 T(G>F)|E2 (e>f) e2 (G>E)| (DE)(GA) TB2 (A>G)|g>a (b/g/a/b/) (d<B) TA>G|A(.g.f.e) d(c/B/) (c/B/)(A/G/)| E2 e>f e2:: G>A|B2 g>a g2 TB>A|G2 (g>a) g2 (eg)|(agab) abag| (e>d) (e/d/e/)g/ a2 T(g>e)|gGga (b/a/g/b/) (a/g/e/a/)|(gf)(ed) TB2 A>G| b(a/b/) (a/g/f/e/) (d>B) T(A>G) |E2 (e>f) e2::g>a|b2 (3ged (B>e) (d/B/A/B/)| G g2 (f/e/) {e}d3 (c/B/)|{B}A3B (G>A)(F>G)|E2 e>f e2 d>e| g2 (3bag F2 (3agf eged B2 T(A>G)|(ga/b/) (ef/g/) (d<B) T(A>G)| E2 (e>f) e2::(d>e)|g2 (3bag G2 (3bag|d2 (b>c') b2 T(a>g)| a2 (3d'c'b (3c'ba (3bag|(ede)g a2 T(g>e)|gGgb F2 (3agf| Eged B2 TA>G|(b>a) ge (d<B) T(A>G)|E2 (e>f) e2:|]


X:2 T:Dumbarton Drums [1] M:C L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Slow" S:McGibbon - Scots Tunes, book III, p. 78 (1762) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F FG | A3c (Ac)(GA) | F2c2 {d}c2 (BA) | (GF)GA (BA)(GF) | D2d4cd | f3g (ag)(fd) | (cA)(cd) f3F | (GA)fd (cA)T(G>F) | D2d2d2 :| |: (cd) | f3g fgag | f2a2{b}a2T(gf) | (gf)(ga) (ba)T(gf) | d2 (ga) g2 (fd) | (cd)(fg) (ag)(fd) | (cA)(cd) f3g | (ag)(fd) (cA)T(GF) | D2d4 :||


X:1 T:Dumbarton Drums [1], beat bonny O; M:C L:1/8 Q:"Slow" R:Air B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (Glasgow, 1788, No. 500, p. 192) N:”Humbly dedicated to the Volunteers and Defensive Bands of Great Britain and Ireland” Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F FG|A3c AcGA|F2c2 {d}c2BA|(GFG).A BAGF|D2 d4 cd| f3g agfd|(cA)(cd) f3F|(GA)(fd) (cA)T(G>F)|D2d2d2:| |:cd|f3g fgag|f2a2 {b}a2 Tgf|gfga (ba)T(gf)|d2 ga g2 fd| cdfg (ag)(fd)|cAcd f3g|(ag)(fd) (cA)T(GF)|D2 d4:|]


X:1 T:Dumbarton Drums M:C L:1/8 R:Air B:Edward Riley – “Riley’s Flute Melodies vol. 3” (1820, No. 106, p. 29) F: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ab7b93e0-f959-0139-46b9-0242ac110002#/?uuid=277ff190-2ae4-013a-5cb8-0242ac110003 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F F/G/|A3c AcGc|F2c2 dc BA|G>FGA BAGF|D2d2d2 cd| f2g2 f>gag| fdcd f2F2|GA fd cAGF|D2d2d2|| cd|f3g f>gag|f2a2 bagf|gfga bagf|d2g2g2 fd| cdfg agfd|cAfd cAGF|GA fd cAGF|D2d2d2||


X:1 T:Dumbarton Drums [1] M:C L:1/8 Q:"Slow" B:Manson – Hamilton’s Universal Tune Book vol. 1 (1853, p. 177) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Dmin (F>G)|A3c AcGA|F2 c2 Tc3A|(GFGA) (cA)(G>F)|D2 d4 (cd)| f3g (ag)(fd)|(cA)(cd) f3F|(G>FGA) (cA)(G>F)|D2d2d2:| |:(cd)|f3g (fgag)|f2a2 (ba)(gf)|(g>f)(ga) (ba)(gf)|d2g2g2 (fd)| (cd)(fg) (ag)(fd)|(cA)(cd) f3g|(ag)(fd) (cA)(G>F)|D2 d2d2:|]


X: 1 T: Dumbarton's Drums [1] B: RSCDS 5-2 B: Playford 1697 B: McGibbon 1763 M: C| L: 1/8 K: F |: FG | "F"A3c "C7"ABGA | "F"F2c>d c2BA | "Gm"GFGA BAGF | D2d>e "C7"d2cd|

"F"f3g agfd || "F"cAcd f3F | "Gm"GAfd "Am"cAGF | "Dm"D2d>e d2 :|

|: cd | "F"f3g fgag | f2a>b a2gf | "Gm"gfga bagf | d2g>a "C7"g2fd | "F"cdfg "(Bb)"agfd | "F"cAcd "Dm"f2fg | "Am"agfd cAGF | "Dm"D2d>e d2 :|