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The tunes are numbered sequentially, with the 2-digit tune number used at the start of a tune's file name.
Here's a table of symbols and abbreviations used in the booklet. Kitty's dance notation includes abbreviations ending with a dot below a final superscript letter. The txt column is how they've been transcribed in the ABC files; the meaning column is the modern spelling of the word or phrase.
img | txt | meaning |
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.| :| :|: .:| | end of musical strain | |
& | and | |
1st | First | |
2d | Second | |
3d | third | Cu. | Couple |
Cup.l | Couple | |
Coup.l | Couple | |
Coup.l's | Couple's | |
P.r Part.r | Partner | |
w.th | with | |
Wo. | Woman | |
Wom.n | Woman | |
y.e | the | |
y.r | your |
One tune has two versions, "We are all a Coming", due to the use of two voices to represent alternate notes. ABC has a syntax this, called "voice overlays", but most ABC software doesn't handle it. So I've produced two versions of this tune, the first using chords to approximate the two voices, the other using voice overlays. There are also two "KittyBridges*.abc' files containing all the tunes, labelled with "_NO" (No Overlays) and "_VO" (Voice Overlays) to distinguish them. This is somewhat an experiment, because the gimmicky notation isn't really all that important here, but the VO version does let us transcribe exactly what's in the collection.
There are a few other concessions to the fact that ABC is a "modern" music notation, in the sense that it mimics the ways that modern publishers mostly represent music. Thus, the 18th-century use of "... :||: ... :||:" repeat notation is transcribed as "|: ... :||: ... :|", to satisfy ABC's various software. Some of the repeat notation isn't clear, and in such cases I've transcribed it as-is, which may not work with some ABC software.
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get | gif | png | svg | img | src | Class | K | B | st | w | Name | Titles | d | i | |
abc | gif | png | svg | 00 Title |
0:Country Dances 1745 |
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abc | gif | png | svg | 01 Cooler |
1:the Cooler |
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abc | gif | png | svg | 02 Just a going |
2:Just a going |
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abc | gif | png | svg | 03 Mosee |
3:Mosee |
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abc | gif | png | svg | 04 Neer a Bottom |
4:Ne'er a Bottom |
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abc | gif | png | svg | 05 Kentish Cricketters |
5:the Kentish Cricketters |
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abc | gif | png | svg | 06 Merry Councellor |
6:the Merry Councellor |
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abc | gif | png | svg | 07 Four Drunken Maids |
7:the Four Drunken Maids |
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abc | gif | png | svg | 08 Jaques Ramble |
8:Jaque's Ramble |
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abc | gif | png | svg | 09 Quite Prodigious |
9:Quite Prodigious |
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get | gif | png | svg | img | src | Class | K | B | st | w | Name | Titles | d | i | |
abc | gif | png | svg | 10 Bed Chamber |
10:the Bed Chamber |
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abc | gif | png | svg | 11 Drops of Brandy |
11:Drops of Brandy |
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abc | gif | png | svg | 12 Frisk it |
12:Frisk it |
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abc | gif | png | svg | 13 Prince George |
13:Prince George |
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abc | gif | png | svg | 14 Bread and Cheese |
14:Bread and Cheese |
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abc | gif | png | svg | 15 So she bid me tell you |
15:So she bid me tell you |
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abc | gif | png | svg | 16 Trip to Farley |
16:Trip to Farley |
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abc | gif | png | svg | 17-We are all a Coming NO |
17:We are all a Coming |
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abc | gif | png | svg | 17=We are all a Coming VO |
17:We are all a Coming |
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abc | gif | png | svg | 18 Pau Paw |
18:Pau, Paw. |
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abc | gif | png | svg | 19 Aurottis Dutch Skipper |
19:Aurotti's Dutch Skipper |
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get | gif | png | svg | img | src | Class | K | B | st | w | Name | Titles | d | i | |
abc | gif | png | svg | 20 Topsy Turvy |
20:Topsy Turvy |
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abc | gif | png | svg | 21 Alister |
21:Alister |
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get | gif | png | svg | img | src | Class | K | B | st | w | Name | Titles | d | i | |
abc | gif | png | svg | KittyBridges 1745 NO |
0:Country Dances 1745 1:The Cooler 2:Just a going 3:Mosee 4:Ne'er a Bottom 5:The Kentish Cricketters 6:The Merry Councellor 7:The Four Drunken Maids 8:Jaque's Ramble 9:Quite Prodigious 10:The Bed Chamber 11:Drops of Brandy 12:Frisk it 13:Prince George 14:Bread and Cheese 15:So she bid me tell you 16:Trip to Farley 17:We are all a Coming 18:Pau, Paw. 19:Aurotti's Dutch Skipper 20:Topsy Turvy 21:Alister |
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abc | gif | png | svg | KittyBridges 1745 VO |
0:Country Dances 1745 1:The Cooler 2:Just a going 3:Mosee 4:Ne'er a Bottom 5:The Kentish Cricketters 6:The Merry Councellor 7:The Four Drunken Maids 8:Jaque's Ramble 9:Quite Prodigious 10:The Bed Chamber 11:Drops of Brandy 12:Frisk it 13:Prince George 14:Bread and Cheese 15:So she bid me tell you 16:Trip to Farley 17:We are all a Coming 18:Pau, Paw. 19:Aurotti's Dutch Skipper 20:Topsy Turvy 21:Alister |
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get | gif | png | svg | img | src | Class | K | B | st | w | Name | Titles | d | i | |
abc | gif | png | svg | proto |
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B: | Bar count for once through the tune. |
Class: | The tune's classification (rhythm, dance, origin, etc.). |
date: | The earliest reported date for a tune. This is generally not very reliable, of course. |
img: | Source files of the type(s) shown. Image files are often formatted for printing, and may contain extra information in addition to the music. |
src: | Source files of the type(s) shown. Source files are usually formatted for printing, and may contain extra information in addition to the music. |
info: | Assorted information about the file, depending on what has been implemented and supplied. Currently only shows the date of (earliest known) publication. |
K: | The tune's initial or main key. |
st: | Staff count for this version of the tune. |
Name: | is taken from the file name, with underscores replaced by spaces. If a link, points to a directory with several versions of the tune. Bold names or titles mean that the tune is in the session's "first binder", and has been played more often than the tunes in a normal font. |
Titles: | is a list of the titles found in the file. Duplicate titles are only shown once. For tunes that don't have a T: title, the first P: value is shown. |
w: | Words (lyrics) line count for this version of the tune. |