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HAMMERMENS' MARCH, THE. AKA and see "Clout the Caldron (1)," "Clout the Cauldron," "Tinker's Occupation." Scottish, March (4/4 time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A trade tune printed by Glasgow publisher James Aird in 1782.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1), 1782; No. 172, p. 60.
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