| Title | The Captain's Lady | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alternate titles | Tie the Petticoat Tighter Petticoat Loose | |||
| Composer | Traditional Scottish | |||
| Instrumentation | Flute solo |     | ||
| Key | A minor | |||
| Range | E4–B5 | |||
| Time signature | 6/8 | |||
| Tempo | 108 BPM | |||
| Performance time | 0:35 | |||
| Difficulty level | intermediate | |||
| Download printable score | PDF Sheet Music (54 kB) (preview) | |||
| Download audio tracks | MIDI (change tempo/key) MP3 (301 kB) | |||
| Date added | 2026-01-04 | |||
| Last updated | 2026-01-04 | |||
| Download popularity index |  11.3 (extremely popular) | |||
| Categories |
Jigs, Traditional/Folk | |||
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The earliest appearance of this jig is in John Anderson's A Selection of the most Approved Highland Strathspeys, published in Edinburgh in 1789. The tune was later adopted in Ireland, and can notably be found in Francis O'Neill's early-20th-century collections under the title “Tie the Petticoat Tighter”.
