Busk Ye Busk Ye My Bonny Bride

BUSK YE BUSK YE MY BONNY BRIDE. Scottish, Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. The song is quite old, and is often know by the titles "The Braes of Yarrow", "The Yetts of Gowie" and other titles. The Braes of Yarrow (which begins, "Busk ye, busk ye, my bonny bonny bride") is a 30 stanza was written by William Hamilton of Bangour and supposedly can be found in The Tea Table Miscellany (1724).

Busk ye, busk ye, my bonnie, bonnie bride,
Busk ye, busk ye, my winsome marrow
Busk ye, busk ye, my bonnie, bonnie bride,
And think nae mair o' the braes of Yarrow.
Where got ye that bonnie, bonnie, bride?
Where got ye that winsome marrow?
I got her where I darena well be seen,
Pu'ing the birks on the braes of Yarrow.

Printed source: McGibbon (Scots Tunes, book II), c. 1746; p. 48.

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X:1
T:Busk ye Busk ye my Bonny Bride
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air 
N:"Slow"
S:McGibbon - Scots Tunes, book II, pg. 48 (c. 1746)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
A2 (B/c/d) A3f | (gf)!trill!(ed) B4 | A2(B/c/d)A2(fg) | {f/g/}a(g/f/) !trill!e>d d2 {d/e/}f2| 
A2(B/c/d) {B}A3f | (gf)!trill!(ed) B2 !trill!(f>e) | (d/c/B) (A/G/F) (gf)!trill!(ed) | !trill!B3AB2d2 :|
|: (f>e)(f>g) a3 !trill!(g/f/) | (gf)!trill!(ed) B4 | (f>e)(f>g) a3g | (f/g/)(e/f/) de f>g a2 | 
!trill!(fe)(fg) a(g/f/) {g/a/}ba | (gf)!trill!(ed) B2 !trill!(f>e) | (d/c/B) (A/G/F) (f/g/a) (f/e/d) | !trill!B3AB2d2 :|
|: A2 (Bc/d/) {B}A3f | gf (e/f/e/d/) B3d | A2 (Bc/d/) A(B/c/ d/e/f/g/) | {f/g/}ag/f/ !trill!e>d d2 {d/e/}f2| 
A2 (d/c/B/4c/4d) {B}A3f | (g/a/g/f/) (e/f/e/d/) B2 (f/4e/4f/4g/4f/e/) | (d/c/B) (A/G/F) (e/f/g/f/) (e/f/e/d/) | 
!trill!B3A B2d2 :: (f/g/f/e/) (d/e/f/g/) {f/g/}a3 g/f/ | (g/a/g/f/) (e/f/e/d/) B3g | (f/g/f/)e/ (d/e/f/g/) (a/g/a/)b (a/b/a/)g/ | 
(f/g/)(e/f/) (d/f/)(e/g/) (fg) a2 | f/(g/f/e/) f/d/f/g/ (a/g/f/4g/4a/) ba | gf (e/4/f/4g/4f/4e/d/) B2 !trill!(f>e) | 
(d/c/B) (A/G/F) (f/g/a) (f/e/d) | (B/A/B/c/ BA) B2d2 :|

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