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'''HONEST MEN AND BONNIE LASSES'''. AKA and see "[[Duchess of Manchester's Farewell to the Highlands of Scotland]]." Scottish, Strathspey (4/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The melody under the above title appears in Nathaniel Gow's '''Fifth Collection''' (1809), un-attributed. It earlier appeared as "[[Duchess of Manchester's Farewell to the Highlands of Scotland]]" by William Marshall (1748-1833) in his '''First Collection''' of 1781. Gow's title comes from | '''HONEST MEN AND BONNIE LASSES'''. AKA and see "[[Duchess of Manchester's Farewell to the Highlands of Scotland]]." Scottish, Strathspey (4/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The melody under the above title appears in Nathaniel Gow's '''Fifth Collection''' (1809), un-attributed. It earlier appeared as "[[Duchess of Manchester's Farewell to the Highlands of Scotland]]" by William Marshall (1748-1833) in his '''First Collection''' of 1781. Gow's title comes from Scottish poet Robert Burns six-page poem "Tam o'Shanter" [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/43815] (published 1791): | ||
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''Auld Ayr, wham ne'er a town surpasses,''<br> | ''Auld Ayr, wham ne'er a town surpasses,''<br> | ||
''For honest men and bonnie lasses. ''<br> | ''For honest men and bonnie lasses. ''<br> | ||
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The name Tam o Shanter for a traditional Scottish bonnet worn by men also derives from the poem. | |||
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HONEST MEN AND BONNIE LASSES. AKA and see "Duchess of Manchester's Farewell to the Highlands of Scotland." Scottish, Strathspey (4/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The melody under the above title appears in Nathaniel Gow's Fifth Collection (1809), un-attributed. It earlier appeared as "Duchess of Manchester's Farewell to the Highlands of Scotland" by William Marshall (1748-1833) in his First Collection of 1781. Gow's title comes from Scottish poet Robert Burns six-page poem "Tam o'Shanter" [1] (published 1791):
Auld Ayr, wham ne'er a town surpasses,
For honest men and bonnie lasses.
The name Tam o Shanter for a traditional Scottish bonnet worn by men also derives from the poem.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 545. Gow (Fifth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1807; p. 27.
Recorded sources: