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'''WAT YE WHE I MET YESTREEN.''' AKA and see "[[Lord Haddo's Favorite]]." Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). A Mixolydian. AEae or Standard tunings (fiddle). AABBCCDD. The title means "Guess who I met last night," and is the first line of Allen Ramsay's song "The young laird and Edinburgh Katy," printed in the '''Tea Table Miscellany, volume I''' (1719). Gow, who said the melody was “Very Old” in his 1788 collection, later re-titled the tune "[[Lord Haddo's Favorite]]." | '''WAT YE WHE I MET YESTREEN.''' AKA and see "[[Lord Haddo's Favorite]]." Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). A Mixolydian. AEae or Standard tunings (fiddle). AABBCCDD. The title means "Guess who I met last night," and is the first line of Allen Ramsay's song "The young laird and Edinburgh Katy," printed in the '''Tea Table Miscellany, volume I''' (1719). Gow, who said the melody was “Very Old” in his 1788 collection, later re-titled the tune "[[Lord Haddo's Favorite]]." | ||
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''Source for notated version'': Trotter MS, 1780, p. 63 [Johnson]. | ''Source for notated version'': Trotter MS, 1780, p. 63 [Johnson]. | ||
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''Printed sources'': Neil Gow ('''Second Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels'''), 1788; p. 11 (3rd edition. Appears as “Wat ye wha I met the streen”). Johnson ('''Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th Century'''), 1984; No. 49, p. 114. | ''Printed sources'': Neil Gow ('''Second Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels'''), 1788; p. 11 (3rd edition. Appears as “Wat ye wha I met the streen”). Johnson ('''Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th Century'''), 1984; No. 49, p. 114. | ||
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WAT YE WHE I MET YESTREEN. AKA and see "Lord Haddo's Favorite." Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). A Mixolydian. AEae or Standard tunings (fiddle). AABBCCDD. The title means "Guess who I met last night," and is the first line of Allen Ramsay's song "The young laird and Edinburgh Katy," printed in the Tea Table Miscellany, volume I (1719). Gow, who said the melody was “Very Old” in his 1788 collection, later re-titled the tune "Lord Haddo's Favorite."
Source for notated version: Trotter MS, 1780, p. 63 [Johnson].
Printed sources: Neil Gow (Second Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1788; p. 11 (3rd edition. Appears as “Wat ye wha I met the streen”). Johnson (Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th Century), 1984; No. 49, p. 114.
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