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Note: The tunes below are recorded in what
is called “abc notation.” They
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MY AIN FIRESIDE. AKA and se "Tod(d)lin'
Hame."
(MY) AIN KIND DEARIE (O). AKA
and see "The Lea Rig(ges),"
"Oh! Lassie, Art Thou
Sleeping Yet?" "The Wedding [3]." Scottish,
English, Canadian; Reel, Slow March and Air.
***
I'll lay thee o'er the lea rig,
My ain kind dearie O.
***
Scots
poet Robert Burns adapted the melody to his song of the same title, which is
close to the setting given in
X:1
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Air
S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. II
(c. 1806)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
GA |
{G/A/}BDD>E G>AGB | A>B c/B/A/G/ {G/A/}BE EB/A/ |
{G/A/}BDD>E
G>AGg | e>d e/f/g/d/ BG G2 :: d | e/d/e/g/ g>B c/B/c/d/ e>A |
A/c/B/d/
c/B/A/G/ {G/A/}BE EB/A/ | {G/A/}BDD>E G>A Gg | e>d e/f/g/d/ BG G2 :|
|: BA | GDD>
g/f/e/d/
c/B/A/d/ BG G2 :: d | g/d/B/d/ e/d/B/d/ g/d/B/d/ e/g/f/a/ |
g/f/e/d/ c/B/A/G/ {G/A/}BE EB/A/ |
{G/A/}BDD>E G>AGg | ed e/f/g/d/ BG G2 :|
X:2
T:My ain kind Dearie
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Bremner – Scots
Reels (1757)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s
Companion
K:A Mixolydian
MY AIN LASSIE. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB.
Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No.
34, pg. 7.
X:1
T:My
Ain Lassie
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Kerr
– Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 34 (c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A|F<A
A>a g>fe>d|B<d A>F B<E E>G|F<A A>a
g>fe>d|B<d A>G F<D D:|
|:A|F<A
A>d B>dA>F|G<B A>F B<E E>G|F<A A>d
B>dA>F|G<B A>G F<D D:|
MY APRON DEARIE. Scottish, Air
(3/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning. AABB. McGibbon (Scots Tunes, book III), 1762; pg. 88.
X:1
T:My
Apron Dearie
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:McGibbon
– Scots Tunes, book III, pg. 88 (1762)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
G>A
| c3d e>d | c2G2A2 | _B3 dc>B | (_B2A2) G>A | c3 de>d | c2G2A2 |
c>Bc>de>f
| g4G2 | c2 (3gfe (3fe3d | (cd/e/) G2A2 | _B2 d>efB | (_B2”tr”A2) (A/=B/c) |
G2
(FE) (FG/A/) | ({A}G4) (ef) | g3f “tr”e>d | c4 :: e>f | g2 (fe)(dc) |
f4f>_e |
D2
(_B>c)(d>e) | f4 ef | g2 (fe)(dc) | (fg/a/)g2a2 | g2 (fe) (fg/a/) |
({a}g4) (c’/b/a) |
g2
({f}e2) {d}(c/d/e) | f3g (f/g/a) | A2 d>e ({g}f)(e/d/) | (c2B) z cA |
({A}G2) (FE) (FG/A/) |
(A2G2)
e>f | “tr”g3e ({g}f)(e/d/) | c4 :|
MY BABY LOVES SHORTENIN’ BREAD.
AKA and see "Irish Cobbler,"
"Shortenin' Bread [2].”
MY BABY ON MY ARM. Irish, Air (2/4 time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning.
One part. Stanford/Petrie (Complete
Collection), 1905; No. 710, pg. 178.
X:1
T:My
Baby on My Arm
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Stanford/Petrie
(1905), No. 710
Z:AK/Fiddler’s
Companion
K:E_
C/D/ |
E(3F/E/C/ CE/F/ | Ge f/e/d/c/ | Bc/G/ B/G/ (3F/E/F/ | EE E2 E/F/ |
GG/F/
G/B/c/d/ | e>c fe/d/ | c>B G/B/c/d/ | ed/e/ c E/F/ | GG/F/ G/B/c/d/ |
e>c
f/e/d/e/ | cd/B/ (G/B/).c.d | ed/e/ c C/D/ | E/F/E/C/ CE/F/ | Ge f/e/d/c/ |
B(3c/B/G/
B/F/ (3F/E/F/ | EE E ||
MY BLESSINGS GO WITH YOU SWEET
X:1
T:My
blessings go with you sweet
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Andante”
S:Stanford/Petrie
(1905), No. 864
Z:AK/Fiddler’s
Companion
K:F
Dorian
B>G
| (F2G2)B2 | c2f2 (c>B) | (G2F2) F2 | F4 f>g | (a2f2) a2 |
g2
(g>fec) | (B2c) e2 | f4 || f>g | a2 (a>g)fe | g2 (g>f)ec | (B2G2)e2
|
({G}B4)
G2 | (F2G2) B2 | c2 ({c}f2) e/c/f/4e/4c/4B/4 | {F/A/}G2F2F2 | F4 :|
MY BLONDE IS GONE. See "Ma
Blonde est Parti."
MY BOLD TRAINOR O (Mo Trainor Treumar O). Irish, Air (6/8
time, "with feeling"). D Mixolydian (?). Standard. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Selections),
1903/1979; No. 462, pg. 81.
X:1
T:My
Bold Trainor O
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”With
feeling”
S:O’Neill
– Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
DEF|G2A
c2B|AF2 E2D|D2F A2B|cB2 z2A|d2F GA2|F3 D2F|E3 D2D|D3||
FGA|B2B
c2B|BA2 A2F|ABc d2e|(d3 d2)A|B2A d2B|AF2 D2E|D3 D2E|D3||
MY BONNIE BAY MARE AND
MY BONNIE LADDIE. Scottish, Strathspey or Highland Fling. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg.
169.
MY BONNIE LASS(IE). AKA and see "Scotland the Brave."
MY BONNY BRUNETTE (Ho rò mo nighean dònn bhoidheach). Scottish, March?
E Minor. Standard. AAB. "This air appears, from the words, to be the
serenade of a lover to his mistress. He taps at her window, and, in place of her usual gracious reply to his
protestations of love, she appears at her window, but is on this occasion silent.
Explanations, of course, become necessary, when it merely turned out that her
silence proceeded from the minister sleeping in the adjoining apartment, and
hazarded a disclosure of an amour, only secret till the consent of friends
could be obtained" (Fraser). Fraser (The
Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the
X:1
T:My Bonny
Brunette [1]
T:Ho rò mo
nighean don bhòidheach
L:1/8
M:C
S:Fraser Collection (1874)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
c|B>AG>F
[G,2E2] E>F|G>AB>^c dBBg/f/|eBB^G (A2 A)B/c/|
B>AG>F
[G,3E3] c|B>AG>F [G,2E2] E>F|G>AB>^c dBBg/f/|
eBB^G (A2
A)B/c/|B>AG>F [G,3E3]:|
|:B|e>f
g>f eBB~^d|ef/g/ f>^d e2
^dc|B>GA>G g>fef/g/|eBB^G A2 AB/c/|
B>AG>F [G,3E3] F|G>AB>^c
dBBg/f/|eBB^G A2 AB/c/|B>AG>F [G,3E3]:|
MY BONNY BRUNETTE [2]
(Ho! Rò! Mo nighean dònn bhoidheach). AKA – “My Pretty Brown Girl.” Scottish, Slow
Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard. One part. Morison (
X:1
T:My
Bonny Brunette [2]