The Lady's Breast Knot
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Lady's Breast Knot(s)", also known as "The Breast Knot" or "The Bonny Breast Knot"is a<br> reel in D Major known in England, Scotland, Shetland and America. The parts are played AABB<br> The title refers to the decoration of ribbons worn on the bodice of a gown. It was a very<br> popular in England and mainland Scotland in the early 18th century and spread throughout the<br> British Empire and the colonies.<br> The tune appears to have been first published as "The Lady's Breast Knot" around 1750 in London<br> in David Rutherford's Choice Collection of Sixty of the Most Celebrated Country Dances.<br> The English tune "Bobby Shaftoe" borrows the second strain of "The Ladies Breast Knot".<br> In America the tune is known as "Jaybird" and the play-party song "Skip to My Lou" although as<br> "The Ladies Breast Knot" it has been known in New England from the last half of the 18th century.<br> It was included in the 1777 fife manuscript of Giles Gibbs, the common place book of William<br> Williams (1775), George Bush's copybook (1779), and Elizabeth Van Rensselaer's music book (1782).<br> It was printed in Bremner's Scots Reels (c. 1757),<br> Keller's Fiddle Tunes from the American Revolution (1992).<br> It was recorded by Andrew Poleson on Scottish Tradition, vol. 4: Shetland Fiddle Music (1973).<br>
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