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|f_aka=Bessy Haggice, Bessy's beauties shine sae bright, Bessy's Haggies, Bonny Bessy
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|f_book_title=Scots Tunes Book 2
|f_book_title=Orpheus Caledonius vol. 2
|f_collector=William McGibbon,
|f_collector=William Thomson
|f_year=c. 1746
|f_year=1733
|f_page=p. 32
|f_page=No. 30, p. 122
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T:To the tune of Bessy’s Haggies
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B:William Thomson - Orpheus Caledonius, vol. II (1733, No. 30, p. 122)
B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/91481954
N:Thomson (c. 1695-1753) was a Scottish singer and folk song collector
N:who lived in London for most of his adult career.
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N:"Slow"
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S:McGibbon - Scots Tunes, Book II, p. 32 (c. 1746)
S:McGibbon - Scots Tunes, Book II, p. 32 (c. 1746)
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B2d2F2A2| (BA)(GF) !trill!E3F |D2F2A2(de)|f2D2!trill!F2A2:|
B2d2F2A2| (BA)(GF) TE3F |D2F2A2(de)|f2D2TF2A2:|
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(B/A/B/c/) (B/c/d/A/) (F/E/F/G/) (F/G/A/F/)| BA(G/F/)(d/F/) {F}TE3F|D(D/E/) F(F/G/) A/(c/B/A/) de|{e}f2D2TF2A2:|
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(f/d/)!trill!(d/>c/2d/4) (e/c/)!trill!(c/>B/2c/4) (d/B/!trill!B/>A/2B/4) (c/A/!trill!A/>G/2A/4)|(B/F/!trill!F/>E/2F/4(G/4F/4G/4A/4G/F/) {F}!trill!E3F| D/(F/E/)(G/ F/)(A/G/)(B/ A/)(c/B/)(d/ c/)A/B/c/|(d/c/d/)e/ (d/e/f/)D !trill!F2A2 :||
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T:Bessie's Haggis
'''BESSIE'S HAGGIES'''. AKA - "Bessy Haggice," "Bessy's beauties shine sae bright," "Bonny Bessy." Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time) or Country Dance Tune. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Walsh): AABBCCDDEE (McGibbon). "Bessy's Haggice" was a song in John Watt's ballad opera '''The Highland Fair, or the Union of the Clans''', staged in London in 1731. The song appears in Thomson's '''Orpheus Caledoneus''' (1733) twice, as both "Bessy's Haggice" and "Bessy's beauties shine sae bright.." and was included in Johnson's '''Scots Musical Museum''' (1787, vol. 1, p. 31) under the latter title. "Bessy's Haggis" appears in Hogg's '''Jacobite Relics''' 2nd Series, p. 191 (1821). Allen Ramsey printed a song set to the tune in his '''Tea Table Miscellany''' called "Bonny Bessy," which begins:
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L:1/8
''Bessy's beauties shine sae bright,''<br>
Q:"Slow"
''Were her many virtues fewer,''<br>
B:Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion Book 3 (1760, p. 22)
''She wad ever gie delight,''<br>
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
''And in transport make me view her.''<br>
K:D
''Bonny Bessie, thee alane''<br>
D2 T(FE) D2A2|(BA)(GF) TE3F|D2 (FE) D2A2|(Bcd)A TF2A2|
''Love I, naething else about thee;''<br>
B2d2TF2A2|(BA)(GF) TE3F|D2F2A2 (de)|{de}f2 D2TF2A2:|
''With thy comeliness I'm tane''<br>
|:D2A2d2(cB)|c>d (c/d/e) TE3F|D2A2 d2 (de)|Tc2 (BA) d3e|
''And langer canna live without thee.''<br>
fdec dBcA|BFGA TE3F|DEFG ABcA|(def)D TF2A2:|
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R:Variations
Hogg's Jacobite lyric goes:
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''Ken ye wha supped Bessy's haggies?''<br>
BA G/F/d/F/ {F}TE3F|D(D/E/) F(F/G/) (A/c/B/)A/ de|f/g/e/f/ dD TF2A2:|
''Ken ye wha dinner'd on our Bessy's haggies?''<br>
|:(D/F/E/D/) (A/F/E/D/) dT(cB)|cd (c/d/e) TE3F|D(D/E/ F/D/F/A/) (dc) (d/f/e/d/)|
''Four good lords and three bonny ladies''<br>
{d}c2 TBA (dc)de|\
''A' to dinner on our Bessy's haggies.''<br>
L:1/16
''Ae gude chief wi' his gear and his glaumrie,''<br>
(fdTd3c/d/) (ecTc3B/c/) (dBTB3A/B/) (cATA3G/A/)|B(FTF3E/F/) B2F2 {F}TE6GF2|
''Lords on the bed and duke in the aumrie;''<br>
L:1/8
''There was a king's son kiver'd o'er wi' raggies.''<br>
(D/F/)(E/G/) (F/A/)(G/B/) (A/c/)(B/d/) (c/A/)(B/c/)|(d/c/d/e/) (d/e/f/)D/ TF2A2:|]
''A' for to dinner on our Bessy's haggies.''<br>
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''The horn it is short, gudewife, can ye mend it?''<br>
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'''Tis nearer the lift, kind sir, gin ye kend it.''<br>
T:Bessie's Haggis
''In and out, out and in, hey for the baggies!''<br>
M:C
''Fient a crumb is o' Bessy's haggles.''<br>
L:1/8
''Gudewife, gin ye laugh, ye may laugh right fairly;''<br>
R:Air
''Gudewife, gin ye greet, ye may greet for Charlie;''<br>
Q:"Moderato"
''He'll lie nae mair 'mang your woods and your craggies,''<br>
B:Davidson's Gems of Scottish Melody (n.d., p. 33)
''You'll never mair see him nor your haggies.<br>
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
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K:D
''Leeze me on him that can thole alteration,<br>
D2 F>E D2A2|BAGF TE>DEF|D2 F>E D2A2|B>cd>B F2A2|
''A' for his friends and the rights o' the nation!<br>
B2d2 F2A2|BAGF TE>DEF|D2F2A2 d>e|f2D2F2A2!fine!:||
''Leeze me on his bare houghs, his broad sword, and plaidie.<br>
D2A2 d2 TcB|c>d c/d/e E3F|D2A2d2 de|dcBA d3e|
''He shall be king in the right o' his daddie.''<br>
fdec dBcA|BAGF TE>DEF|DEFG ABcA|d>efD F2A2:|
''Foul fa' the feiroch that hings by his bonnet!''<br>
|:d2 f>e d/e/f/g/ af|bagf Te>def|dfAd F/E/F/G/ AF|
''The rump-rotten rebald, fich ! fie upon it!''<br>
B/A/B/c/ B/c/d/A/ F>GAF|B/A/B/c/ B/c/d/B/ F/E/F/G/ F/G/A/F/|B/c/A/B/ G/A/F/G/ TE>DEF|
''He may grunch in his swine-trough up to the laggies,''<br>
DD/E/ FF/G/ A/c/B/A/ d/c/d/e/|{g}f2D2F2A2:|
''Never to be blest wi' a gudewife's baggies.''<br>
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dcBA dcde|f/d/Td/>c/d/4 e/c/Tc/>B/c/4 d/B/TB/>A/B/4 c/A/TA/>G/A/4|
Malcolm's '''Jacobite Minstrelsy''' (1828) notes that a Mr. Gordon of Ford communicated the song to Hogg, and indicated is was an old song that predated the Jacobite period. However, it is strongly associated with the Rising of 1745. Malcolm states:
BcAB GAFG E>DEF|D/F/E/G/ F/A/G/B/ A/c/B/d/ c/A/B/c/|d/c/d/e/ d/e/f/D/ TF2A2!d.c.!||
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''The sentiment would hardly seem to be justified by facts, if an anecdote told of old Lady Drummuir be authentic. When the Duke'' ''of Cumberland took the command in Scotland and advanced against the Highland army, it was remarked that at Holyrood-House,'' ''Falkirk, and other places, he occupied the same quarters, the same room, and the same bed which Prince Charles had previously'' ''vacated. In like manner, when he entered Inverness, after the victory of Culloden, he took up his lodgings in the house of Lady'' ''Drummuir, whose daughter, Lady McIntosh, had there acted as the presiding divinity of Charles' household for two months before.'' ''How this venerable Jacobite entertained him is not recorded; but the comment which she was accustomed to make on the singular'' ''circumstance of her having lodged both Princes, betokened no great relish for the familiar presence of royalty: " I've ha'en twa'' ''Kings' bairns," said she, "living wi' me, in my time ; but, to tell you the truth, I wish I may ne'er ha'e anither."''
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''Printed sources:'' McGibbon ('''Scots Tunes, Book II'''), c. 1746; p. 32. Walsh ('''Caledonian Country Dances'''), c. 1745; p. 40.
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 Theme code Index    1315 6422
 Also known as    Bessy Haggice, Bessy's beauties shine sae bright, Bessy's Haggies, Bonny Bessy
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Country Dance
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AABBCCDDEE
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:William Thomson
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Orpheus Caledonius vol. 2
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 30, p. 122
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1733
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X:1 T:To the tune of Bessy’s Haggies M:C L:1/8 R:Air B:William Thomson - Orpheus Caledonius, vol. II (1733, No. 30, p. 122) B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/91481954 N:Thomson (c. 1695-1753) was a Scottish singer and folk song collector N:who lived in London for most of his adult career. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D D2 FE D2 A2|BAG F E2 z2|D2 FE D2A2|Bcd A F2A2| B2d2F2A2|BAG F E2z2|D2 FG A2 de|f2D2F2A2|| d2d2 d2-e f |gfe d e2z2|d2 fd A2 dA|B>cd A F2A2| B2d2 F2-G A|BAG F E2 ef|gfe d (c2d) e|f2 D2 F2A2||


X:1 T:Bessy Haggice M:C| L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:John Walsh - Caledonian Country Dances (c. 1745, p. 40) N:Published in several volumes and different editions, 1731-c. 1745) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D A,2D2D2 (FA)|(BA)(GF) E3A|D2F2 D2A2|(Bc)(dA) F2A2| B2d2 (FG)(AF)|(BA)(GF) E3A|D2 F2A2 de|f2 D2F2A2:| |:D2A2d2 (cB)|e2E2E2 (FE)|D2A2 d2(cB)|c2(BA) d3e| (fd)(ec) (dB)(cA)|(BF)(GA) E3F|(DE)(FG) (AB)(cA)|d2 D2 F2A2:|]


X:2 T:Bessie's Haggies M:C L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Slow" S:McGibbon - Scots Tunes, Book II, p. 32 (c. 1746) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D D2 F>E D2A2 | (BA)(GF) TE3F |D2 FE D2A2|(B>cd)A TF2A2 | B2d2F2A2| (BA)(GF) TE3F |D2F2A2(de)|f2D2TF2A2:| |:D2A2 (d2TcB)|(c>d) (c/d/e) E3F| D2A2d2(de)|{d}c2 (BA)d3e| (fd)(ec) (dB)(cA)|(BF)(GA) TE2F|(DE)(FG) (ABc)A | (d>ef)D TF2A2:| |:d2dd (d/e/f/g/ a)d|(ba)T(gf){f}e3e|fdAd (F/E/F/G/A)F| (B/A/B/c/) (B/c/d/A/) FGAF| (B/A/B/c/) (B/c/d/A/) (F/E/F/G/) (F/G/A/F/)| BA(G/F/)(d/F/) {F}TE3F|D(D/E/) F(F/G/) A/(c/B/A/) de|{e}f2D2TF2A2:| |: DDFA d2 T(cB)|c>d (c/d/e) E3F| D(D/E/ F/D/F/A/)|{d}c2 T(BA) (dc)(de) | (f/d/)T(d/>c/2d/4) (e/c/)T(c/>B/2c/4) (d/B/TB/>A/2B/4) (c/A/TA/>G/2A/4)|(B/F/TF/>E/2F/4)(G/4F/4G/4A/4G/F/) {F}TE3F| D/(F/E/)(G/ F/)(A/G/)(B/ A/)(c/B/)(d/ c/)A/B/c/|(d/c/d/)e/ (d/e/f/)D/ TF2A2 :||


X:1 T:Bessie's Haggis M:C L:1/8 Q:"Slow" B:Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion Book 3 (1760, p. 22) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D D2 T(FE) D2A2|(BA)(GF) TE3F|D2 (FE) D2A2|(Bcd)A TF2A2| B2d2TF2A2|(BA)(GF) TE3F|D2F2A2 (de)|{de}f2 D2TF2A2:| |:D2A2d2(cB)|c>d (c/d/e) TE3F|D2A2 d2 (de)|Tc2 (BA) d3e| fdec dBcA|BFGA TE3F|DEFG ABcA|(def)D TF2A2:| R:Variations |:d2dd d/e/f/g/ a/f/e/d/|b(b/a/) (a/g/)(g/f/) {f}e3e|fdAd (F/E/F/G/) AF| (B/A/B/c/) (B/c/d/A/) FGAF|(B/A/B/c/) (B/c/d/A/) (F/E/F/G/) F/G/A/F/| BA G/F/d/F/ {F}TE3F|D(D/E/) F(F/G/) (A/c/B/)A/ de|f/g/e/f/ dD TF2A2:| |:(D/F/E/D/) (A/F/E/D/) dT(cB)|cd (c/d/e) TE3F|D(D/E/ F/D/F/A/) (dc) (d/f/e/d/)| {d}c2 TBA (dc)de|\ L:1/16 (fdTd3c/d/) (ecTc3B/c/) (dBTB3A/B/) (cATA3G/A/)|B(FTF3E/F/) B2F2 {F}TE6GF2| L:1/8 (D/F/)(E/G/) (F/A/)(G/B/) (A/c/)(B/d/) (c/A/)(B/c/)|(d/c/d/e/) (d/e/f/)D/ TF2A2:|]


X:1 T:Bessie's Haggis M:C L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Moderato" B:Davidson's Gems of Scottish Melody (n.d., p. 33) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D D2 F>E D2A2|BAGF TE>DEF|D2 F>E D2A2|B>cd>B F2A2| B2d2 F2A2|BAGF TE>DEF|D2F2A2 d>e|f2D2F2A2!fine!:|| D2A2 d2 TcB|c>d c/d/e E3F|D2A2d2 de|dcBA d3e| fdec dBcA|BAGF TE>DEF|DEFG ABcA|d>efD F2A2:| |:d2 f>e d/e/f/g/ af|bagf Te>def|dfAd F/E/F/G/ AF| B/A/B/c/ B/c/d/A/ F>GAF|B/A/B/c/ B/c/d/B/ F/E/F/G/ F/G/A/F/|B/c/A/B/ G/A/F/G/ TE>DEF| DD/E/ FF/G/ A/c/B/A/ d/c/d/e/|{g}f2D2F2A2:| |:DD/E/ FA d2 cB|c>d c/d/e TE>DEF|DD/E/ FDFA dcde| dcBA dcde|f/d/Td/>c/d/4 e/c/Tc/>B/c/4 d/B/TB/>A/B/4 c/A/TA/>G/A/4| BcAB GAFG E>DEF|D/F/E/G/ F/A/G/B/ A/c/B/d/ c/A/B/c/|d/c/d/e/ d/e/f/D/ TF2A2!d.c.!||