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Theme code Index	1151H 62H2H1H,
Also known as	For Lack of Gold She's Left Me, For lack o' Gould she left me, For the Sake of Gold
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	William McGibbon
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Scots Tunes Book 3
Tune and/or Page number	pp. 90-91
Year of publication/Date of MS	1762
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Tune annotations

X:1
T:For the lack of Gold she left me
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:"Lively"
S:McGibbon - Scots Tunes, book III, pp. 90-91  (1762)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
(F>E) | D3F A>BdA | B2 (e>f) !trill!e2 (d>B) | d2a2 (fa)(bd) | f2 (a>b) !trill!a2d2 | 
(g>ab)g (f>ga)f | (gf)!trill!(ed) e2 (d/e/f) | D3F (A>BdA | B2 (d>e) d2 :|
|: d>e | fdeB dABF | E2 (e>f) e2 (fa) | bafb adbd | f2 (a>b) a2d2 | 
g>abg f>gaf | (gf)(ed) !trill!e2 (d/e/f) | D3F ABdA | B2 (d>e)d2 :|
|: !trill!(F>E) | D3F (AB/c d/c/d/A/) | B2 (e>f) e2 (dB) | (d/e/f/g/ a)d (f/d/c/d/) (b/d/c/d/) | f2 (a>b) a3f | 
(g/f/g/a/ b)g !trill!(f/e/f/g/ a)f | (gf)(ed) !trill!e2 (d/e/f) | D3F (AB/c/ d/c/d/A/) | B2 (d>e) d2 :|
|: d>e | (f/e/d) (e/d/B) (d/B/A) (B/c/d/F/) | E2 (e>f) e2 (fa) | ba (f/b/a/b/) (a/d/c/d/) (b/d/c/d/) | f2 (a>b) a3f | 
(g/f/g/a/) (g/b/a/g/) !trill!(f/e/f/g/) (f/a/g/f/) | (g/a/f/g/) (e/f/d/f/) e2 (d/e/f) | D3F (AB/c/) dA | B2 (d>e) d2 :: F>E |

X:2
T:For the Sake of Gold
M:C
L:1/8
N:”Moderately”
R:Air
B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (Glasgow, 1788, No. 576, p. 220)
N:”Humbly dedicated to the Volunteers and Defensive Bands of Great Britain and Ireland”
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
F>E|D3F A>BdA|B2 e>f e2 dB|d2 a2 f>gad|f2 a>b a2 zd|
g>abg f>gaf|gfed {d}e2 de/4f/4|D3F A>BdA|B2 d>e d2||
d>e|fdeB dABF|E2 e>f Te2 fa|bafb adbd|f2 a>b Ta2 gf|
g>abg f>gaf|gfed {f}e2 de/f/|D3F A>BdA|B2 d>e d2:|]

X:3
T:For the Lack of Gold
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
S:O'Farrell - Pocket Companion, vol. 1 (c. 1805)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
FE | D3F ABdA | B2 e>f e2 dB | d2a2 fabd | f2 a>b a3d | 
g>abg f>gaf | gf!trill!ed e2 de/f/ | D3F A>BdA | B2 d>ed2 :|
|: de | fdeB dABF | E2 e>f e2 fa | bafb adbd | f2 a>b a2d2 | 
g>abg fgaf | gfed !trill!e2 de/f/ | D2 DF ABdA | B2 d>e d2 :||

X:4
T:For lack o' Goud she left me
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
S:John Rook ms., 1840 (Waverly, Cumbria)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
FE|D3F (A>B)dA|B2 (e>f) e2 (dB)|d2a f>gae|f2 a>b a2 zd|
(g>ab)g (f>ga)f|(gf)(ed) Te2 df|D3F A>BdA|B2 (e>f) d2:|
|:d>e|(fd)(eB) (dA)(BF)|E2e2e2 (fa)|(ba)(fb) adbd|f2 (a>b) a2 (gf)|
(g>a)bg (f>ga)f|(gf)(ed) e2 d/e/f|D3F (A>B)dA|B2 (d>e) d2:|]

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