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'''LIGHT AND AIRY [1].''' AKA and see "[[Dick Sullivan's Favorite]]," "[[Old Woman's Song (The)]]." Scottish, Irish; Jig. G Major (Cole): F Major (Gow, Hunter, Kerr, Perlman). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Kerr): AABBCC (Cole, Gow, Hunter, Perlman). O'Neill (1922) remarks that "Light and Airy" first appeared in '''A Choice Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances & Strathspeys, etc.''', published by Robert Ross at Edinburgh, 1780. Kirkmichael, Perthshire, fiddler and composer Robert Petrie included it in his '''Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances.''' | '''LIGHT AND AIRY [1].''' AKA and see "[[Dick Sullivan's Favorite]]," "[[Old Woman's Song (The)]]." Scottish, Irish; Jig. G Major (Cole): F Major (Gow, Hunter, Kerr, Perlman). Standard tuning (fiddle). ABAC (reticule): AABB (Kerr): AABBCC (Cole, Gow, Hunter, Perlman). O'Neill (1922) remarks that "Light and Airy" first appeared in '''A Choice Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances & Strathspeys, etc.''', published by Robert Ross at Edinburgh, 1780. Kirkmichael, Perthshire, fiddler and composer Robert Petrie included it in his '''Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances.''' | ||
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LIGHT AND AIRY [1]. AKA and see "Dick Sullivan's Favorite," "Old Woman's Song (The)." Scottish, Irish; Jig. G Major (Cole): F Major (Gow, Hunter, Kerr, Perlman). Standard tuning (fiddle). ABAC (reticule): AABB (Kerr): AABBCC (Cole, Gow, Hunter, Perlman). O'Neill (1922) remarks that "Light and Airy" first appeared in A Choice Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances & Strathspeys, etc., published by Robert Ross at Edinburgh, 1780. Kirkmichael, Perthshire, fiddler and composer Robert Petrie included it in his Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances.
Source for notated version: Car & Jackie Webster (Cardigan, Central Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]; Gow's Repository (1805) [O'Neill].
Printed sources: Anonymous (A Companion to the reticule), 1833; p. 11. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 69. Gow (Second Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 1788; p. 25 (3rd ed.). Gow (Beauties of Niel Gow), 1819. Gow (Collection of Strathspey & Reels). Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 306. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 277, p. 30. Lowe (A Collection of Reels and Strathspeys), 1844. O'Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 176. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 145. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 101.
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