X:57
T: The Ranting Highlandman
R: march, reel
M: C
L: 1/8
Z: 2012 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
B: Saml. Ann & Peter Thompson "Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1791", London 1791, p.29 #1
N: This tune is a version of the White Cockade.
F:http://roaringjelly.org/~jc/music/book/DftY/1791/Thompson/57_RantingHighlandman.abc	 2024-12-26 083443 UT
K: G
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GA |\
B2B2 {c}B2AG | BABc B2g2 | {e}d2{c}B2 {c}B2AG | AGAB A2GA |\
B2B2 cBAG | A2B2 g2fg | a2gf {a}g2fe | d2B2 B2 :|
|: Bc |\
d2B2 g2Bc | d2B2 d2e2 | d2B2 g2fg | a2A2 A2GA |\
B2B2 {c}B2AG | A2B2 g2fg | {b}a2gf {a}g2fe | d2B2 B2 :|
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%%begintext align
%% 1st 2d & 3d Gentn take Hands & go round their Partners .|.
%% the Ladies the same :|.
%% 1st Cu: go round with the Allemand till they come in their places again the 2nd & e3 Cu: follow .|":
%% cross over Right & left :|:
%%endtext