The Keys of the Cellar
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Keys of the Cellar", also known as "Cam Ye Ower Frae France" or "The Marchioness of<br> Tweeddale's Delight" is a Scottish country dance in 3/2 time and G minor.<br> The parts are played AABBCC.<br> The tune, in old hornpipe metre, appears in the Bodleian Manuscript (in the Bodleian<br> Library, Oxford), inscribed "A Collection of the Newest Country Dances Performed in<br> Scotland written at Edinburgh by D.A. Young, W.M. 1740". It is the vehicle for the<br> political satire song "Cam Ye Ower Frae France" and the bawdy Irish ballad "The Rakes of<br> Stoney Batter". It is also similar to "Bobbing John".<br> It was printed in Emmerson's Rantin' Pipe and Tremblin' String (1971),<br> Gow's Second Collection of Strathspey Reels (1788) and<br> John Johnson's Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (1744).<br>
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