I'll Gang Nae Mair to Yon Town

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X:1 T:I'll gae nae mair to your Town M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Robert Bremener - A Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances (London, 1757, p. 6) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F V:1 clef=treble name="1." [V:1] A|Ff-fc TA2 Fc|(A/B/c) Fc AGGg|(a/g/f/e/ f)c TA2 Fc|(A/B/c) Gc AF F:| |:(c|AF)cF dFcF|AFcF (d/c/B/A/) Gc|AFcF dFcF|(A/B/c) Gc AF F:|]

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X:2 T:I'll gae nae mair to your town M:C L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Brisk" B:Oswald - Caledonian Pocket Companion Book 10 (1760, p. 15) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G V:1 clef=treble name="2." [V:1]B|Gggd TB2 Gd|(B/c/d) Gd BAAa|(b/a/g/f/) gd B2 Gd|(B/c/d) Ad BGG:| |:d|BGdG eGdG|BGdG (e/d/c/B/) Ad|BGdG eGdG|(B/c/d) Ad BGG:| |:B|GgdB GgdB|GgdB cAAB|GgdB GgdB|ceAd BGG:| |:f|gbag fedc|BgdB aAAf|gbfa egdB|cAaf gGG:| |:g|BGAc TB2 Ag|BGdB eAAg|BGdB gdba|gedg BGG:| |:g|bage gedB|dega baab|c’bag egdB|ceAd BGG:|]

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X:3 T:We'll gang nae mair to yon Town M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Country Dance Tune B:Aird - Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1 (1782, No. 35, p. 13) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G V:1 clef=treble name="3." [V:1]B|Gggd|B2 Gd|BdGd|BAAB|Gggd|B2 Gd|BdAc|BGG:| |:d|BGdG eGdG|BGdG|cAAd|BGdG|eGdG|BdAc|BGG:| |:d|g>agd|B2 Gd|BGdG|cA A2|(b/a/g/f/) gd|B2 Gd|BdAc|BGG:|]

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X:1 T:We’ll gang nae mair to yon town, with variations M:C L:1/8 R:March Q:"Slowish" B:John Bowie – “Collection of strathspey reels & country dances &c.” B:(Edinburgh, c. 1789, p. 27) F: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104982703 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F V:1 A/G/|F(ff)>c {B}A2 F>c|(A/B/c) F(3A/4B/4c/4 {B}AGG(f/g/)|{fg}a>gfc {B}A2 Fc/B/|(A/B/c) .G/.A/.B/.c/ {B}AFF:| |:Tc/B/|AFcf dFcF|AF A/B/c/F/ {B}AGGTc/B/|AFcF dFcF|A/B/c/A/ G/A/B/c/ AFF:| |:(f/g/)|{fg}a>gfc {B}A2 Fc/B/|(A/B/c) (F{AB}c)|{B}AGG(f/g/)|(a/g/).f/.d/ (f/d/).c/.B/ {B}A2 Fc/B/|A/B/c/A/ G/A/B/c/ AFF:| |:(c/B/)|A/c/F/c/ A/F/c/F/ d/F/c/F/ A/F/c/F/|A/B/c/A/ d/e/f/c/ {B}AGGT(c/B/)|A/c/F/c/ A/F/c/F/ d/B/c/B/ {B}A(G/F/)|G/A/B/c/ d/e/f/c/ {B}AFF:| |:A/G/|Ff F/A/f/c/ {B}A2 F>c|(A/B/c) F(3A/B/c/ {B}(AG)G(f/g/)|a/f/g/e/ f/c/d/B/ {B}A2 F(c/B/)|A/B/c/A/ G/A/B/c/ {B}AFF:| |:(c/B/)|A/F/ TF/E/4F/4 A/F/c/F/ d/F/ TF/E/4F/4 A/F/c/F/|A/B/c/A/ d/e/f/c/ {B}AGGTc/B/|1 A/F/ F/E/4F/4 A/F/c/F/ d/F/ F/E/4F/4 A/F/c/F/| d/c/B/A/ G/A/B/c/ AFF:|2 A/F/ TF/E/4F/4 C/F/ TF/2E/4F/4 B,/F/ TF/E/4F/4 A,/F/ TF/E/4F/4|d/c/B/A/ G/A/B/c/ AFF|| V:2 clef = bass z|F,2A,2F,2A,2|F,2A,,2 C,2E,2|F,2A,2 F,2A,E,|F,A,CC, F,2F,,:| |:z|F,2A,2G,2A,2|F,2F,,2 C,2E,2|F,2A,2G,2F,2|F,A,CC, F,2F,,:| |:z|F,2A,2F,2A,2|F,2A,2C2C,2|F,2B,2F,2A,2|F,A,CC, F,2F,,:| |:z|F,A,F,A, B,A,F,A,|F,2 B,A, C2E,2|F,A,F,A, F,2F,2|B,G,B,F, F,2F,,:| |:z|A,2A,2F,2A,2|F,2A,2C2C,2|F,E,A,B, F,2A,2|F,2CC, F,2F,,:| |:z|F,2A,2B,2F,A,|F,2 B,A, C2C,2|1F,2A,2B,2 F,A,| B,G, CC, F,2 F,,:|2 F,2A,2B,2F,2|B,G,CC, F,2F,,||

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X:4 T:I'll go no more to yon Town T:Mr. Small's favorite Reel S:Petrie's Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c. Z:Steve Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>, 6/11/04 N:Petrie's Second Collection, page 15 L:1/8 M:C R:Reel K:F V:1 clef=treble name="4." [V:1]A|F(ffc) {B}A2 Fc|AcFc AGGg|(a/g/f/e/ f)c {B}A2 Fc|(A/B/c) GB AFF:| |:B|AFcF dFcF |AFcF AGGB| AFcF dFcF |(A/B/c) GB AFF:|

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X:5 T:I'll gang nea mear to yon Town M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Robert Petrie - Third Collection of Strathspey Reels (1802, p. 10) N:Dedicated to Francis Garden Esq. Junior of Troup by N:Robert Petrie at Kirkmichael. Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F V:1 clef=treble name="5." [V:1]A|F(ff)c {B}A2 Fc|AcFc AGGg|(a/g/f/e) fc {B}A2 Fc|AcGB AF F:| |:c|AFcF dFcF|AFcF AGGB|AFcF dFcF|AcGB AFF:|]

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X: 6 T: We'll Gang Nae Mair to Yon Town N: O'Farrell's Pocket Companion v.3 (Sky ed. p.129) N: "Scotch" M: 2/4 L: 1/8 R: march Q: 240 K: G V:1 clef=treble name="6." [V:1]B| Gggd| B2 Gd| BdGd| BAAB| Gggd| B2 Gd| BdAc| BGG :| d| BGdG| eGdG| BGdG| cAAd| BGdG| eGdG| BdAc| BGG :| d| gagd| B2 Gd| BGdG| cAA>g| b/a/g/f/ gd| B2 Gd | BdAc| BGG :|

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X:7 T:I'll gang nae mair to yon Town M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:J. Anderson - Anderson's Budget of Strathspeys, Reels & Country Dances B: for the German Flute or Violin (Edinburgh, 1820, p. 22) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G V:1 clef=treble name="7." [V:1](B/A/)|Gggd B2 (Gc)|(Bd).G.d (BA).A.B|Gdgd B2 (Gd)|BdAc BGG:|| d|(BG).d.G (eG).d.G|BGdG BAAd|(BG).d.G (eG).d.G|(Bd)(Ac) BGGd| .B.G.d.G .e.G.d.G|BGdG BAAd|(gf)(gd) B2 (Gc)|BdAc BGG||

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X:1 T:I Gang no more to yone town M:2/4 L:1/8 B:John Burks music manuscript collection dated 1821 N:Nothing is known of Burks, although the provenance of his N:ms. is English. His music ms. surfaced in the United States, and had N: possibly been in the possession of his descendants until the N:mid-20th cent. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G B|Ggge|B2 Gd|BdGd |BAAB|Ggge|B2 Gd|BdAc|BG G2:| |:d|BGdG|eBdG|BGdG|cAAd|BGdG|eGdG|BdAd|BG G2:| |:d|g>ag>d|B2 G>B|BGdG|cA A2|b/a/g/f/ gd|BGd2 |BdAc|BG G2:|

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X:8 T:I'll gang nae mair to yon town M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:John Rook music manuscript collection (Waverton, Cumbria, 1840, p. 153) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G V:1 clef=treble name="8." [V:1]A|Gggd B2 Gc|(B/c/d) GB cA Af|gfgd B2 Gc|(B/c/d) Ac BGG:| c|BG dG eG dG|BGdB {d}cAAc|BG dG eG dG|B/c/d Ac BGGc| BG dG eGBG|BG dB cAAc|BcdB cdef|gd ec BGG||

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X:1 T:Gang No More to Yon Town S:Thomas Kernan music manuscript collection (1844, No. 31) N:Kernan was a musician from Abbeyshrule, Co Longford. M:C| L:1/8 Z:From a transcription by Conor Ward K:G D|G3d B2 Gc|(Bc)dB (cA)Af|(gfg)d B2 Gc|(Bd)Ac BG G2:| c|(Bc)dB e2 dc|(Bc)dB cAAc|BcdB e2 dc|(Bd)Ac BGGc| BcdB e2 dc|(Bc)dB (cA)Af|(gf)gd B2 Gc|(Bd)Ac BG G2||

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X:9 T:Cha tèid mi fein a Chèilidh T:I won't go a gossiping T:I'll gang nae mair to yon Town M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:William Gunn - The Caledonian Repository of Music B:Adapted for the Bagpipes (Glasgow, 1848, p. 17) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Amix V:1 clef=treble name="9." [V:1]c|Aaae c2 Ad|ecAe dBBc|Aaae c2 Ad|ceBd cAAc| Aaae c2 Ad|ceAe dBBa|agae c2 Ad|ceBd cAA|| c|cAeA fAeA|cAeA dBBd|cAeA fAeA|ceBd cAAd| cAeA fAeA|cAeA dBBa|agae c2 Ad|ceBd cAA||

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X:10 T:I will gang no more to your town O:No 239 William Clarke of Feltwell Z:Transcribed by David Dolby 2010 M:4/4 L:1/8N:Final note of both parts has been changed to a quaver. K:G V:1 clef=treble name="10." [V:1]B|Gggd B2Gd|Bd GB BAAa|b/a/g/f/ gdB2Gd|Bd Ac BG G:| |:c|BGdG eGdg|BG e/d/c/B/ cAAc|BGdG eGdG|Bd Ac BGGc| BG dG eG dg|BG e/d/c/B/ cAAc|BG dG eG dG |Bd Ac BG G:|

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X:11 T:I'll gang na mair to yon town M:2/4 L:1/8 S:Rev. James Goodman music manuscript collection (vol. 2, p. 159) N:Canon Goodman was a uilleann piper and cleric who collected primarily N:in County Cork in the mid-19th century F:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=161&z=1264.5823%2C1234.2967%2C10698.9529%2C3722.2222 F:at Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G d|gfgd|B2 Gc|(3Bcd GB|cAAf|gfgd|B2 GB|(3cde dc|BG G:| BG dg|eG dG|BG (3dcB|cA Ac| BG dG|eG dG|(3cde dc|BG G| BG dg|eG dG|BG (3dcB|cA Ac|BG AB|cdef|ge dc|BG AF||

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X:12 T:We'll gang na mair to yon town M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Air S:James Goodman (1828 - 1896) music manuscript collection, S:vol. 3, p. 153. Mid-19th century, County Cork F:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-three#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=156&z=-5155.8953%2C0%2C18487.7906%2C6432 F:at Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G G|Gggd|B2 Gd|BdGB|BA AB|Gggd|B2Gd|BdAd|BG G2:| |:d|BGdG|eGdG|BGdG|BAAd|BGdG|eeBdA|BdAd|BG G2:|

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X:1 T:I'll gang na mair to yon town M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B: James Barry music manuscript collection (No. 4, p. 1) N: Barry (1819-1905) was a miller and fiddler who lived at N:Six Mile Brook, Pictou County, Nova Scotia. F: https://jamesbarrymusic.ca K:G d|gfgd B23 GB|BdGd cA (A(3e/4f/4g/4)|bggd B2 GB|BdAc BG G2:| d|BGdG eGdG|BGdB cAAd|BGdG eGdG|BdAc BG G2| BGdG eGdG|BGdB cAAd|BGAB cdeg|fdef gGG||

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X:13 T:Gang nae mair to yon town M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Elias Howe - Musician's Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7 (Boston, 1880-1882, p. 628) B: http://ks4.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/c/c7/IMSLP601433-PMLP562790-ONeill_Rare_Medium_M40_M8_v6.7_text.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G V:1 clef=treble name="13." [V:1]d|gfgd B2 GB|cedB cA A2|gfgd B2 GB|cedc BG G2| gfgd B2 GB|cedB cA A2|gfgd B2 GB|cedc BG G2:| (3B/A/G/ dG eG dG|(3B/A/G/ dB cA A2|(3B/A/G/ eG eG dG|gedc BG G2| (3B/A/G/ dG eG dG|(3B/A/G/ dB cA A2|BGdB ecfd|gedc BG G2||

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X:14 T:I'll Gang Nae Mair to Yon Town M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F Major V:1 clef=treble name="14." [V:1]A|Fffc A2Fc|AccA BGGf|a/g/f/e/ fc A2FB|A/B/c GB A=FF:| |:B|AFcF dFcf|AF d/c/B/A/ BGGB|AFcF dFcF|A/B/c GB A=FF:| Last time: |AFEF GABc|defg af~f||

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X: 1 T:I'll Go No More To Yon Town. HS.27 M:C| L:1/8 Q:1/2=80 S:Henry Stables MS,Cumbria,late19thC R:.reel O:Walthwaite,nr.Ambleside. A:England N:Covered throughout in seeming bowing marks of a basic hack bowing N:pattern..cgp Z:vmp.Chris Partington K:A c|Aaae c2Ae|ceAc .d.B.B.g|agaec2Ae|ceBd .c.A.A:|! e|cAeA fAeA|cAeA .d.B.B.d|cAeA fAeA|ceBd .c.A.A.e|! cAeA fAeA|cAeA (f/e/d/c/) Bd|cAeA fAeA|ceBd .c.A.A|]

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X:15 T:I'll Go No More to Yon Town M:4/4 L:1/8 S:Sergt. James O'Neill manuscripts Z:Paul Kinder R:Reel K:A V:1 clef=treble name="15." [V:1]3efg||a2 ae c2 A2|ceAc d2 BB|ceae c2 A2|dfed cA (3efg| a2 ae c2 A2|ceAc d2 BB|ceae c2 A2|dfed cA A2|| (3cBA eA fAed|(3cBA ec dBBd|(3cBA eA fded|ceBd c2 AA| (3cBA eA fAed|(3cBA ec dBBd|cABc defg|afed cA A2||

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