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'''AIN KIND DEARIE.''' AKA and see "[[Lea Rig (The)]]," "[[My Ain Kind Dearie]]." Scottish, The tune was known, as are many Scots tunes, in County Donegal, Ireland, as evidenced by the old diary entry of a fiddler named William Allingham, employed as a customs officer but whose vocation was traditional music. He visited a poor fiddler named Tom Read in the (probably Ballyshannon) poorhouse who played for him both "Ain Kind Dearie" and "Paudeen O Rafferty" in November of 1847, the time of the famine. Allingham gave George Petrie several tunes which appear in the latter's collection of Irish music. The | '''AIN KIND DEARIE.''' AKA and see "[[Lea Rig (The)]]," "[[My Ain Kind Dearie]]." Scottish, English; Reel. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was known, as are many Scots tunes, in County Donegal, Ireland, as evidenced by the old diary entry of a fiddler named William Allingham, employed as a customs officer but whose vocation was traditional music. He visited a poor fiddler named Tom Read in the (probably Ballyshannon) poorhouse who played for him both "Ain Kind Dearie" and "Paudeen O Rafferty" in November of 1847, the time of the famine. Allingham gave George Petrie several tunes which appear in the latter's collection of Irish music. The title is from the lines to a song set to the tune: | ||
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< | ''I'll Lay Thee O'er the lea rig,''<br> | ||
''My ain kind dearie O' ''<br> | |||
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''Source for notated version'': | ''Source for notated version'': William Vickers' 1770 music manuscript collection (Northumberland) [Seattle]. | ||
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''Printed sources'': | ''Printed sources'': Carlin ('''The Gow Collection'''), 1986; No. 408. Hall & Stafford ('''Charlton Memorial Tune Book'''), 1956; p. 62. Johnson ('''Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th Century'''), 1984; Nos. 37 & 67. '''Northumbrian Pipers' Tune Book''', 1970; p. 1. Seattle ('''Great Northern/William Vickers'''), 1987, Part 2; No. 294. | ||
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AIN KIND DEARIE. AKA and see "Lea Rig (The)," "My Ain Kind Dearie." Scottish, English; Reel. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was known, as are many Scots tunes, in County Donegal, Ireland, as evidenced by the old diary entry of a fiddler named William Allingham, employed as a customs officer but whose vocation was traditional music. He visited a poor fiddler named Tom Read in the (probably Ballyshannon) poorhouse who played for him both "Ain Kind Dearie" and "Paudeen O Rafferty" in November of 1847, the time of the famine. Allingham gave George Petrie several tunes which appear in the latter's collection of Irish music. The title is from the lines to a song set to the tune:
I'll Lay Thee O'er the lea rig,
My ain kind dearie O'
Source for notated version: William Vickers' 1770 music manuscript collection (Northumberland) [Seattle].
Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 408. Hall & Stafford (Charlton Memorial Tune Book), 1956; p. 62. Johnson (Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th Century), 1984; Nos. 37 & 67. Northumbrian Pipers' Tune Book, 1970; p. 1. Seattle (Great Northern/William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 294.
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