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|f_tune_title=Sae merry as we have been
|f_aka=So merry as we have been
|f_country=Scotland
|f_genre=Scottish
|f_rhythm=Air/Lament/Listening Piece
|f_time_signature=3/4
|f_key=D
|f_accidental=2 sharps
|f_mode=Ionian (Major)
|f_structure=ABC, AABBCCDDEEFF
|f_book_title=Scots Tunes Book 3
|f_collector=William McGibbon
|f_year=1762
|f_page=p. 64
|f_theme_code_index=1H1H3H 543
|f_score=1
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X:1
T:Sae merry as we have been
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
B:William Thomson - Orpheus Caledonius, vol. 2 (1733, No. 3)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
(fe)|d3e f2|D3E FA|E4 fe|d3e f2|F2 (G>A) B2|
A4 (ag)|f2 (gf)  (ed)|B2 (dB) (AG/F/)|(G3A) (Bc)|d2 (cB) (AG)|
FB (AG) (FE)|D4||(fe)|d3 e (fe)|(dc) (de) (fg)|e4 (fe)|
d3e fe|(dc) (de) (fg)|{fg}a4 (ag)|f2 (gf) (ed)|
B2 (dB) (AG/F/)|(G3A) B c|d2 (cB) (AG)|(FBAG) (FE)|D4||
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X:1
T:So Merry as we have been
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
Q:"Slow"
B:Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 2 (1760, p. 21)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
f>e|d3e {de}f2|A2G2 (F>G)|{F}TE4 D2|d2 f>e f2|
D3 EF>G|{G}A4 (a>g)|f2 afT(e>d)|TB>A/B/4 dBT(A>F)|
G3 ABc|{Bc}d4 T(c>B)|A>BAGFE|D4:|
|:TF>E|D2 F>G A2|D2 FA dF|E4 TF>E|D2 F>G A2|
D2 (F>G) TG>F/G/4|A4 a>g|f2 {a}gf{f}ed|B2 (d<B) (A<F)|
G3 ABc|(dfed) T(c>B)|A>BAGFE|D4:|
|:T(f>e)|d2e2 {de}f2|d3 efg|{f}e4 T(f>e)|d2 T(f>e) f2|
(dcd).e.f.g|{fg}a4 (a>g)|(f>g/a/4) gfTe>d|B2 (d<B) (A<F)|
G3 ABc|d2c2TB2|A>BAGFE|D4:|]
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X:1
T:Sae merry as we have been
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
Q:"Slow"
S:McGibbon – Scots Tunes, book III, p. 64  (1762)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
Tge | d3ef2 | A2G2 (F/A/G/F/) | TE4D2 | d2fef2 | D3 EFG | 
A4ag | f2 (gf)(ed) | B2(dB) (AF) | G3ABc | d4 T(cB) | 
A>BAGFE | D4 :: [A,2A2] | D2 (F>G)A2 | D2 (FA)(dF) | E4 (FE) | 
D2(FG)A2 | D2 (F>G) T(G>F/2G/4) | A4ag | f2 (gf)(ed) | B2(dB)(AF) | 
G3ABc | d4 T(cB) | A>BAGFE | D4 :: fe | d3ef2 | d2e2fg | 
{f}e4(fe) | d2f>ef2 | d3efg | a4 (ag) | f>agfed | 
B2 {e}d{c}B2 {B}A{G}F | G3ABc | d4 T(cB) | A>BAGFE | D4 :|
|: [A,2A2] | (D/F/TE/D/) (A/F/TE/D/) dd | (3d/A/G/ (3F/E/D/ dAdF | {F}E4 FE | 
(D/F/TE/D/) (A/F/TE/D/) dD | (D/E/F/E/) (F/D/F/G/) T(G>F/2G/4) | A4 ag | a{f/g/}agfed | 
B2 e/<(d/c/<)B/ (B/<A/)(G/<F/) | G3ABc | d4T(cB) | A>BAGFE | D4 :|]
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X:1
T:Sae Merry as We Twa hae been
M:3/4
L:1/8
Q:"Slow"
N:”The tune appears in the Skene MS, 1598.”
B:Manson – Hamilton’s Universal Tune Book vol. 1 (1853, p. 163)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion 
K:Eb
(g>f)|e3f g2|B2A2 (G>A)|G2F2 (g>f)|e2 (gf) g2|E3 F (GA)|
B4 (ba)|g2 (ag)(fe)|c2 (ec)(BG)|(A3B) (cd)|e3 d c2|
(Bc)(BA)(GF)|E4||G>F|E2 (G>A) B2|E2 (GB) (eG)|(G2F2 GF)|
(E2 GA) B2|(G2 AB) c2|B4 (ba)|g2 (ag)(fe)|c2 (ec) (BA/G/)|
(A3B) (cd)|e3d c2|(B>c)BA (G>F)|E4||(g>f)|e3f {ef}g2|
e2f2(g>a)|(g2f2) (g>f)|e3f g2|(ed)(ef)(ga)|b4 (ba)|g2 (ag)(fe)|
c2 (ec) (BA/G/)|A3 B (cd)|(e>g)(fe)(dc)|(B>c) (BA)(GF)|E4|| 
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