Whistle o'er

Tune annotations

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X:1
T:Whistle o'er the leave o't
M:C|
L:1/8
Q:"Lively"
B:Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 12 (c. 1760)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G>DE>G TB>A B2|d>eB>g TA>G E2|G>DE>G TB>A Bg|G<G B>G TA2G2:|
|:d(e/f/) g>d Te>d B2|d>eB>g TA>G E2|g>be>g d>eBg|G<G B>G TA2G2:|
|:G>BA>c B>GA>c|B>GA>E G>B, A,2|G,>B,A,>C B,>DGB|e<B d>G TA2G2:|
|:(G/a/B/c/) d>g Te>d TB2|c>AB>G A>G TE2|TB>(A/2B/4) Tc>(B/2c/4) d(e/f/) g(f/e/)|
d<G B>GTA2 G2::G<B d>B d>B b>g|G<B d>B c>A a>c|
G<B d>B g>b a>g|e<g B>g TA2G2::d>ge>g d>g TB2|
d>g (e/d/B) A>B E2|(g/a/)b (e/f/)g d>e B>g|G<G B>G TA2 G2O:|

X:1
T:Whistle o'er the lave o't
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Cumming - Collection of Strathspey or Old Highland Reels (1780, No. 33, pp. 10-11)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
G>DE>G TB>A B2|d>e B>g TA>G E2|G>DEG B>ABg|G>G B>G TA2G2:|
|:(de/f/) g>d Te>d B2|d>e B>g A>G E2|g>b e>g d>e Bg|A<GB>G TA2G2|
G>BA>c B>GA>c|B>GA>E G>B, TA,2|G,>B,A,>C B,>DGB|G>G B>G TA2G2:|
|:(G/A/B/c/ dg) ed TB2|c>AB>G c>G TE2|TB>A/2B/4 Tc>B/2c/4 de/f/ gf/e/|d>GB>G TA2G2:|

X:2
T:Whistle o'er the Leave o't
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:The Caledonian Muse (1785)
Z:Paul Kinder
K:G
G>DE>G B>A B2|d>eB>g TA>G E2|G>DE>G B>ABg|G<G B>G A2 G2:|
|:de/2f/2 g>d e>d TB2|d>eB>g A>G E2|g>be>g d>eB>g|G<GB>G A2 G2:|
|:G>BA>c B>GA>c|B>GA>E G>B A2|G>BA>c B>dG>B|G<GB>G TA2 G2:|
G/2A/2B/2c/2 dgTed B2|c>AB>G c>G TE2| BA/2B/2 cB/2c/2 de/2f/2 gf/2e/2|dGBG A2 G2:||

X:1
T:Whistle o’er the Lave o’t
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Davie’s Caledonian Repository (Aberdeen, 1829-30, p. 38)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
B|G>DE<G B>A B2|d>eB<g {B}A>GE<A|G>DE<G B>AB<g|
G<G B>G A2G:|e|d>eg>d e>d B2|d<eB<g {B}A>GE>e|
d>eg>d e>de<g|G<GB>G {B}A2 G>e|de/f/ g>f e>d B2|
d<eB<g c/B/A/G/ Ea|g<be<g d<gB<g|G<G B>G {B}A2G||
D|G>BA>c B>GA>c|B>GA>E G>B, A,2|G,>B,A,>C B,>DC>E|
D>GB>G A2G:|B|G/A/B/c/ d<g e>d B2|c>eB<d A>G E2|
G/A/B/c/ d<g e>de<g|G<G B>G {B}A2 GB|G/A/B/c/ d<g e>d B2|
(3cac (3BgB c/B/A/G/ E>a|(3gbg (3ege (3dgd (3BdB|(3GBd (3dcB {B}A2 G||

X:1
T:Whistle o’er the Lave o’t
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
Q:"Slow"
B:Davie’s Caledonian Repository (Aberdeen, 1829-30, p. 38)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G>DEG B>AB2|d>eB<g {B}A>GE>F|G>D (E/F/)(G/A/) B>AB<g|
G>G {d}(c>B) {B}A2 Gz:|(d>e)g>d {f}e>d B2|d>eBg (c/B/)(A/G/) Ee|
de/f/ (g>f) e>dBg|G>G {d}(c>B) {B}A2G2|de/f/ (g>f) {f}e>d B2|
d>e Bg (c/B/)(A/G/) Ea|(g.b)(e.g) (de) (Bg)|G>D {d}(c>B) {B}A2 Gz||

X:1
T:Whistle o’er the lave o’t
M:C
L:1/8
R:”Scottish Air”
Q:"Briskly"
N:”This air was composed about the year 1720 by John Bruce, musician, in Dumfries.”
B:Manson – Hamilton’s Universal Tune Book, vol. 2 (1846, p. 56)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G>DE<G B>A B2|d>eB>g A>G E2|G>DE<G B>AB>g|G<GB>G A2 G2:|
|:(de/f/) g>d e>d B2|d>eB>g A>G E2|g>be>g d>eB>g|G<GB>G A2G2:|]

X:1
T:Whistle o’er the Lave o’t
M:C
L:1/8
R:Slow Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection  (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G>E E<G B>A B2|d<e B>g A>G E2|G>D E<G G>AB>g|
G<G B>G A2G2:|de/f/ g>f e>d B2| d>eB>g A>G E2|
de/f/ g>f e>d B<g|G<G B>G A2 G2|de/f/ g>f e>d B2|
c>aB>g A>G E2|g>be>g d>g B<b|G<G B>G A2 G2||
|:G>BA>c B>GA>c|B>GA>F G>B, A,2|G,>B,A,>C B,>D G<B|
A>Bc>B A2 G2:|G/A/B/c/ d<g e>cB>G|c>AB>G A>G E2|
BA/B/ cB/c/ de/f/ g2|G<G B>G A2G2|G/A/B/c/ d<g e>cB>G|
ce/c/ Bd/B/ A>G E2|g>be>g d>g B<b|G<G B>G A2 G2||

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