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 Theme code Index    1352 1352
 Also known as    Highland Solo (2), Rosey Doll
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJKKLLMMNN
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:James Oswald
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Caledonian Pocket Companion Book 8
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 24
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1760
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 Score   (1)   



X:1 T:Rory Dall's Port [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Slow" B:Oswald - Caledonian Pocket Companion vol. 8 (1760, p. 24)\ N:Printed by John Walsh c. 1760 as "Rosey Doll." Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G G>AB TB2g|d>cB TA2B|G>AB TB2g|d>cB [A,2A2][G,G]:| |:g>ab d2B|g>ab (c2A)|g>ab e>fg|d>cB T[A,2A2][G,G]:| |:(G/A/B/c/d) Bgb|(A/B/c/d/e) cac'|(G/A/B/c/d) Bgb|d>cB T[A,2A2][G,G]:| g2 (3b/a/g/ [D2d2]-[B,B]|g2 (3b/a/g/ [C2c2]-[A,A]|g2 (3b/a/g/ E>FG|Te>dB TA2G:| |:[G2B2][GB] [E2c2][Ec]|[G2B2][GB] [D2A2][DA]|[G2B2][GB][E2c2]e|{e}Td>cB TA2G2:| |:[B2g2][Bg] [c2e2][c2]|[^c2a2][ca] [d2f2][df]|[B2g2][Bg] e>fg|d>cB T[A,2A2][G,G]:| |:(G/<B/)TB2 (g/<b/) TB2|(G/<B/) TB2 (g/<B/)TA2|(G/<B/)TB2 (g/<d/)TB2|d>cB T[A,2A2][G,G]:| |:(b/<g/) (dB) (b/<g/)(ec)|(b/<g/) (dB) (b/<g/) (cA)|(b/<g/)(dB) (b/<g/) (eg)|d>cB T[A,2A2][G,G]:| |:(B/G)(B/G/)(c/A/) (B/G/)(c/A/) (d/g/)|(B/G/)(B/G/)(c/A/) (B/G/)(B/G/)(A/F/)|(B/G/)(B/G/)(c/A/) (B/G/)(c/A/) (d/g/)|d>cB T[A,2A2][G,G]:| |:(b/g/)(b/g/)(d/B/) (b/g/)(b/g/)(e/c/)|(b/g/)(b/g/)(d/B/) (b/g/)(b/g/)(c/A/)|(b/g/)(b/g/)(d/B/) (b/g/)(b/g/)(e/g/)|d>cB T[A,2A2][G,G]:| |:.[GB].[GB].[GB] .[Ec].[Ec].[Ec]|.[GB].[GB].[GB] .[DA].[DA].[DA]|.[GB].[GB].[GB] [E2c2]e|Td>cB T[A,2A2][G,G]:| |:.[Bg].[Bg].[Bg] .[ce].[ce].[ce]|.[^ca].[ca].[ca] .[df].[df].[df]|.[Bg].[Bg].[Bg] e>fg|d>cB T[A,2A2][G,G]:| |:(b2g) (c'2a)|(b2g) (a2d)|(b2g) (c'2a)|d'>c'b Ta2g:| |:B2 (g/<e/) c2 (a/<f/)|d2 (b/<g/) e>fg|(B2G) (c2A)|d>cB TA2G:|]


X:1 T:Rosey Doll M:6/8 L:1/8 B:John Walsh - Country Dances Selected (c. 1760, p. 3) N:"As Perform'd at Court and All Publick Assemblies and Entertainments...Part I" Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G G>AB B2g|dcB A2B|G>AB B2g|DCB, TA,2G,:| |:g>ab d2B|g>ab c2A|g>ab e>fg|DCB, TA,2G,:|]


X:1 T:Highland Solo [2] T:Rory Dall’s Port [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Slowly" B:John Hall – “A Selection of Strathspeys Reels, Waltzes & Irish Jigs” (c. 1818, pp. 14-15) B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104981834 N:”Printed and sold by John Hall, at his Music Room.” N:Hall (1788-1862) was a music teacher in Ayr, Scotland. His dancing master’s ‘kit’ N:(a small fiddle) used in his dancing lessons, is still preserved. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G G>AB B2g|d>cB {B}A2B|G>AB B2g|d>cB TA2G:| |:g>ab d2B|g>ab c2A|g>ab e>fg|d>cB A2G:| |:(G/A/B/c/)d Bgb|(A/B/c/d/)e cac’|(G/A/B/c/)d Bgb|d>cB A2G:| |:g2 (3b/a/g/ d2B|g2 (3b/a/g/ c2A|g2 (3b/a/g/ E>FG|Te>dB TA2G:| |:B2B c2c|B2B A2A|B2B c2e|d>cB TA2G:| |:g2g e2e|a2a f2f|g2g e>fg|d>cB A2G:| |:(G/<B/) BB (g/<B/) BB|(G/<B/) BB g/B/ AA|(G/<B/) BB g/<d/ BB|d>cB A2G:| |:(b/<g/) dB (b/<g/) ec|(b/<g/) dB (b/<g/) cA|(b/<g/) dB (b/>g/) eg|d>cB A2G:| |:B/G/B/G/c/A/ B/G/c/A/B/g/|B/G/B/G/c/A/ B/G/B/G/A/F/|B/G/B/G/c/A/ B/G/c/A/B/g/|d>cB A2G:| |:b/g/b/g/d/B/ b/g/b/g/e/c/|b/g/b/g/d/B/ b/g/b/g/c/A/|b/g/b/g/d/B/ b/g/b/g/e/g/|d>cB TA2G:| |:[GB][GB][GB] [Ec][Ec][Ec][GB][GB][GB] [DA][DA][DA]|[GB][GB][GB] [E2c2]e|d>cB A2G:| |:[Bg][Bg][Bg] [ce][ce][ce]|[ca][ca][ca] [df][df][df]|[Bg][Bg][Bg] [ce]>[df][eg]|d>cB A2G:| |:b2g c’2a|b2g a2d|b2g c’2a|d’>c’b a2g:| |:B2 (g/e/) c2 (g/f/)|d2 b/g/ e>fg|B2G c2A|d>cB A2G| B2 (g/e/) c2 (a/f/)|d2 (b/g/) e>fg|B2G c2A|d>cB A2G||


X:2 T:Rory Dall's Port M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air N:Said by Grattan Flood to be in John Playford's "Dancing N:Master" of 1670, but cannot be found in that volume. B:Grattan Flood - The Story of the Harp (1905, p. 80) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G G>AB B>AB|c>d B A2G|G>AB BAB|c>dB A2G|| ddg B>cd|edB A2G|ddg Bcd|cec A2G||