The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #24649   Message #283222
Posted By: Peter Kasin
23-Aug-00 - 10:57 AM
Thread Name: Origin: Cock Up Your Beaver (Robert Burns?)
Subject: RE: Cock Up Your Beaver - Burns
It's Scottish air that pre-dates Burns. Some variations on the melody are attributed to the Irish harper O'Carolan. Burns may have written words to the melody - another mudcatter might know if he did. It's one of my favorite titles - though I've yet to play it and announce the title! Can you imagine performing it and dedicating it to someone in the audience? Well, it really means "tip up your hat."

-chanteyranger