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'''CARLE AN' THE KING COME'''. Scottish, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (McGibbon): AA'BB' (Gow). This melody appears in Allan Ramsay's ballad opera '''The Gentle Shepherd''', published 1725. Although it predates Gay's famous '''Beggar's Opera''' (1729) it was not performed until after Gay's work became a hit in London. A 'carle' in Scottish usage is a 'bloke', or common man. | '''CARLE AN' THE KING COME'''. Scottish, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (McGibbon): AA'BB' (Gow). This melody appears in Allan Ramsay's ballad opera '''The Gentle Shepherd''', published 1725. Although it predates Gay's famous '''Beggar's Opera''' (1729) it was not performed until after Gay's work became a hit in London. In the Shetland Islands the tune is known as "Carle as da King Come." A 'carle' in Scottish usage is a 'bloke', or common man, but the song itself is an old Jacobean air, a pean to the house Stuart. | ||
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<br> | ''Carle, an the king come--''<br> | ||
''Carle, an the king come,''<br> | |||
''Thou shalt dance, and I will sing,''<br> | |||
''Carle, an the king come.''<br> | |||
''An somebody were come again,''<br> | |||
''Then somebody maun cross the main;''<br> | |||
''And ev'ry man shall hae his ain,''<br> | |||
''Carle, an the king come.'' <br> | |||
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Tune properties and standard notation
CARLE AN' THE KING COME. Scottish, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (McGibbon): AA'BB' (Gow). This melody appears in Allan Ramsay's ballad opera The Gentle Shepherd, published 1725. Although it predates Gay's famous Beggar's Opera (1729) it was not performed until after Gay's work became a hit in London. In the Shetland Islands the tune is known as "Carle as da King Come." A 'carle' in Scottish usage is a 'bloke', or common man, but the song itself is an old Jacobean air, a pean to the house Stuart.
Carle, an the king come--
Carle, an the king come,
Thou shalt dance, and I will sing,
Carle, an the king come.
An somebody were come again,
Then somebody maun cross the main;
And ev'ry man shall hae his ain,
Carle, an the king come.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Gow (Complete Repository), Part 4, 1817; p. 20. McGibbon (Scots Tunes, book III), 1762; p. 53.
Recorded sources: