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For melodeon.net theme of the month August 2026 - tunes beginning with 'R'.
A Scottish-style polka apparently by W.B.Laybourn (1835 - 1886), a violinist born in London who lived much of his life in Northern England and then Scotland.

Originally in F. This version is based on the transcription in D from the Old Swan Band tune book. The ABC code below also shows a transcription in G of the tune as played by James Brown on "Melodeon Greats", an album of recordings made by the Wyper brothers of Glasgow in the early 1900s.