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'''MARRY KETTY.''' AKA and see "[[Will Ye Go and Marry Ketty?]]," "[[Will You Go to Marry Kettie?]]," "[[Will Ye Go and Marry Katie?]]" Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Gow). A similarly entitled tune, "[[Mary Kitty]]," is unrelated. "Will Ye Go and Marry Katie?" is a song in Johnson's '''Scots Musical Museum''', vol. 5 (1797, No. 459, p. 473). The lyric begins: | '''MARRY KETTY.''' AKA and see "[[Wha Wad’na Fecht for Charlie]]," "[[Will Ye Go and Marry Ketty?]]," "[[Will You Go to Marry Kettie?]]," "[[Will Ye Go and Marry Katie?]]" Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Gow). A similarly entitled tune, "[[Mary Kitty]]," is unrelated. "Will Ye Go and Marry Katie?" is a song in Johnson's '''Scots Musical Museum''', vol. 5 [http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=87803522] (1797, No. 459, p. 473). The lyric begins: | ||
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MARRY KETTY. AKA and see "Wha Wad’na Fecht for Charlie," "Will Ye Go and Marry Ketty?," "Will You Go to Marry Kettie?," "Will Ye Go and Marry Katie?" Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Gow). A similarly entitled tune, "Mary Kitty," is unrelated. "Will Ye Go and Marry Katie?" is a song in Johnson's Scots Musical Museum, vol. 5 [1] (1797, No. 459, p. 473). The lyric begins:
Will ye go and marry Katie,
Can ye think to tak a man!
It's a pity ane fae pretty
Should-na do the thing they can
You, a charming lovely creature,
Wharefore wad ye lie y'er lane!
Beauty's of a fading nature,
Has a season, and is gane.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Gow (Second Collection of Niel Gow's Reels) 1788, 3rd edition; p. 6. Stewart (Collection of the Newest and Best Reels or Country Dances), 1761; p. 22. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pp. 118-119.
Recorded sources: