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Go to the Devil and Shake Yourself (1)
X:1 T:Go to the Devil and shake yourself [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:Preston's Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1798 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C V:1 clef=treble name="1." [V:1] Gcc cBA|GAG GEG|Gcc c2d|ecA A2G| Gcc cBA|GAG GEG|cec dfd|ecc c3:| |:gec cBc|AFF F3|afd ded|BGG G3| Gcc cBA|GAG GEG|cec dfd|ecc c3:|]
X:2
T:Go to the Devil and shake yourself [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B:T. Skillern - Twenty-Four Country Dances for the Year 1799 (p. 11)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:C
V:1 clef=treble name="2."
[V:1] G|Gcc cBA|GAG GEG|Gcc c2d|ecA A2G|
Gcc cBA|GAG GEG|cec dfd|ecc c3:|
|:e/f/|gec cBc|AFF F2 f/g/|afd dec|BGG G2G|
Gcc cBA|GAG GEG|cec dfd|ecc c2:|]
X:3
T:Go to the Devil and shake yourself [1]
L:1/8
M:6/8
S:Gow - 2nd Repository (1802)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:C
V:1 clef=treble name="3."
[V:1] G|Gcc ~c>BA|G>AG GEF|Gcc c2d|ecA A2G|
Gcc ~c>BA|G>AG GEF|Gcc (Bd)f|ecc ~c2:|
|:e/f/|gec ~cBc|AFF ~F2 f/g/|afd dec|BGG G2G|
Gcc ~c>BA|G>AG GEF|Gcc (Bd)f|ecc ~c2:||
X:4
T:Go to the Devil and shake your self [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S: Seth Johnson - Woburn Fife Manuscript (c. 1807-40?, p. 4-5)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K: D
V:1 clef=treble name="4."
[V:1] B/c/|ded dcB|ABA AFA|ded ede|f2d cBA|
ded dcB|ABA AFA|dfd ege|fdd d3:|
|:f/g/|afd d2d|B2G G2g/a/|bge e2e|dcd A3|
ded dcB|ABA AFA|dfd ege|fdd d3:|]
X:5
C:Page 24
T:Go to the Devil and Shake Yourself [1]. MBe.47
A:England;Cumbria;Towcett
B:Matthew Betham MS, Towcett Cumbria, 1815
Z:VMP - Hugh Taylor, 2012
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=120
R:
N:NB-The decoration in the first bar has been repeated here and then crossed out.
K:D
V:1 clef=treble name="5."
[V:1] Add {d} dcB|ABA AFA|Add d2 e|fdB "Qu in MS"B2 A|
Add "^NB" dcB|ABA AFA|dfd ege|fdd d2:|
|:{fg}afd dcd|BGG G3|{ga}bge ede|cAA A3|
Gdd dcB|ABA AFA|dfd ege|fdd d2:|
X:6
T:Go to the Devil & Shake Yourself [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
Q:"Moderato"
B:Thomas Wilson - A Companion to the Ball Room (London, 1816, p. 86)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:C
V:1 clef=treble name="6."
[V:1] Gcc cBA|G>AG GDG|Gcc c2d|ecA A2G|
Gcc cBA|G>AG GEG|cec dfd|ecc c2||
e/f/|gec cBc|AFF F2 f/g/|afd dec|BGG G3|
Gcc cBA|GAG GEG|cec dfd|ecc c2||
X:7
T:Go to the Devil and Shake Yourself [1]
N:"Irish Jig"
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B: Joseph Lowe - Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs,
B:book 1 (1844–1845, p. 17)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:C
V:1 clef=treble name="7."
[V:1] G|Gcc cBA|G>AG GEF|Gcc Tc2d|ecA A2G|
Gcc cBA|GAG GEF|Gcc def|ecc c2:|
e/f/|gec ~cBc|AFF ~F2 f/g/|afd dec|BGG G2G|
Gcc cBA|GAG GEF|Gcc def|ecc c2||
X:8
T:Go to the Devel and Shake your Self [1]
O:No 21 Pages 8-9 William Clarke of Feltwell MS 1858
N:AS written
N:No time signature given.
N:Key uncertain, (D is commonly used)
N:Notes appear to have 'slipped' down.
N:Dot added to crochet in bar 8
Z: transcribed by Lyn Law
L:1/8
K:D
V:1 clef=treble name="8."
[V:1] Gcc cBA|GAG GFG|Gcc c2d|ecA A3|
Gcc cBA|GAG GFG|cec dfd|dcc"^*"c3|
fec cBc|AGG G3|gfd dcd|cAA A3|
Acc cBA|GAA AFA|ced dfd|edd d2:|
X:9
T:Go to the Devil and Shake Yourself [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O'Neill - Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 358
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
V:1 clef=treble name="9."
[V:1] Add dcB|ABA AFA|Add d2e|fec B2A|
Add dcB|ABA AFA|dfd ege|fdd d2z:|
|:afd dcd|BGG G2g|bge ede|cAA A2A|
Add dcB|ABA AFA|dfd ege|fdd d2z:||
X:10
T:Go to the Devil and Shake Yourself [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:A.S. Bowman - "J.W. Pepper Collection of Five Hundred Reels, Jigs,
B:etc." (Phila., 1908, No. 223)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
V:1 clef=treble name="10."
[V:1] Add dcB|ABA AFA|Add d2e|fec B2A|
Add dcB|ABA AFA|dfd ege|fdd d3:|
|:afd dcd|BGG G3|bge ede|cAA A3|
Add dcB|ABA AFA|dfd ege|fdd d3:|]