Scotch Cap

jig

Key signature: Ddorian

Submitted on May 25th 2009 by ceolachan.

This tune has been added to 9 tunebooks.

Also known as Edinburgh Castle, The Scotch Cap.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Buried Treasure Of The Toucan Pirates by Toucan Pirates
• Legacy Of The Scottish Fiddle Vol. 2 by Alasdair Fraser, Muriel Johnstone And Natalie Haas
• Now And Then by Daoine Sidhe
• On The Banks Of Helicon: Early Music Of Scotland by Baltimore Consort

X: 1
T: Scotch Cap
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Ddor
|: A, | D2 D d2 d | e2 d c2 A | B2 d B A2 | B3 d2 :|
|: d/e/ | f2 A A2 d/e/ | f2 A A2 d/e/ | f2 A A2 F | A3 d3 |
B2 B A2 F | G2 G d2 d |[1 B2 B A F2 | G3 d2 :|[2 _B2 B A D2 | E3 D2 |]

"Scotch Cap" / "Edinburgh Castle" ~ country dance, Playford / Cecil Sharp

"Playford's English Dancing Master", 1651
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/playford_1651/

"Scotch Cap"
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/playford_1651/106small.html
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/playford_1651/106.html

X: 2
T: Scotch Cap
T: Scotch Cap, The
T: Edinburgh Castle
N: Playford, 1651
N: Refers to the flower 'The Scot's Bonnet'
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Ddor
|: z |\
D2 D d2 d | e2 d c2 A | B2 e B2 G | B3 d2 :|
|: d/e/ |\
f2 A A2 d/e/ | f2 A A2 d/ e/ | f2 A A2 F | A3 d3 |
B2 B A2 F | G2 G d2 d | B2 B A F2 | E3 D2 :|

# Posted on May 25th 2009 by ceolachan

"Scotch Cap" ~ the dance, one interpretation / reconstruction

Dafydd's Playford Index:
http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~white/dplayford.html
http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~white/ECD/Scotchcap.htm

# Posted on May 25th 2009 by ceolachan

Tune origin??

do we know if this tune is Scottish, or English? I am trying to decide whether to play it for a Scottish harp competition, in which case it needs to be Scottish....does anyone actually know?

# Posted on June 11th 2009 by ceilidh7