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Theme code Index	3565 1H542
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/2
History
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Alexander McGlashan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:A Collection of Reels
Tune and/or Page number	p. 15
Year of publication/Date of MS	c. 1786
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Tune annotations

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T:Merry Lads of Foss, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:McGlashan - Reels (c. 1786)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
FA A/A/A B2 Ac|dBAF GEEG|FA A/A/A B2 Ag|fdef d/d/d d2:|
||g|f2 df aeeg|f2 df eBBg|f2 df aeeg|faef d/d/d df|
f2 df aeeg|f2 df eBBg|f2 df aeef|fdef d/d/d d2||

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T:Merry Lad of Foss, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Aird - Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4 (1796, No. 61, p. 25)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
FA (3AAA TB2 Ac|dBAF GEEG|FA A/A/A TB2 Ag|fdef  d/d/d d2:||
g|f2 df aeeg|f2 df eBBg|Tf2 df aeeg|faef d/d/d df|
Tf2 df aeeg|Tf2 df eBBg|Tf2 df aeef|fdef d/d/d d2||

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T:Merry Lads of Foss, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:John Rook music manuscript collection (Waverton, Cumbria, 1840, p. 229)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
FA A/A/A B2 Ac|dBAF GEEG|FA A/A/A B2 Ag|fdef d/d/d d:|
g|f2 df aeeg|f2 df eBBg|f2 df aeeg|faef d/d/d de|
f2 df aeeg|f2 df eBBg|f2 df aeeg|fdef d/d/d d2||

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