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Scotch Cap jig

Also known as Edinburgh Castle, The Scotch Cap.

There are 6 recordings of this tune.

Scotch Cap has been added to 19 tunebooks.

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Three settings

1
X: 1
T: Scotch Cap
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Ddor
|:[A,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||
2
X: 2
T: Scotch Cap
R: jig
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:|
3
X: 3
T: Scotch Cap
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Ddor
|:D2 D d2 d|edc A3|B2d BAG|1 B3 d3:|2 B3 dde||
f2A Ade|f2A Ade|fef A2G|F3 A2c|
B2 B A2 F|G2 G d3|BcB A2F|E3 D3||

Four comments

“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 :|

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?