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'''GOLD IN GOPINS'''. AKA - "Gold in Gowpens." AKA and see "[[Bonny Tweedside]]," "[[Gowd in Goupins]]." Scottish, English; Jig. England, Northumberland. A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. 'Gopins', or ''gowpens'', is a dialect word meaning handfulls. | '''GOLD IN GOPINS'''. AKA - "Gold in Gowpens." AKA and see "[[Bonny Tweedside]]," "[[Gowd in Goupins]]." Scottish, English; Jig. England, Northumberland. A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A Borders air. 'Gopins', or ''gowpens'', is a dialect word meaning 'handfulls'. The melody also appears in the c. 1812 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician John Bell [www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=R1000005] (1783-1864) with the following lyric: | ||
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''If I had money in store;''<br> | |||
''If I had gold a' Gowpens,''<br> | |||
''My laddy should work no more.''<br> | |||
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GOLD IN GOPINS. AKA - "Gold in Gowpens." AKA and see "Bonny Tweedside," "Gowd in Goupins." Scottish, English; Jig. England, Northumberland. A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A Borders air. 'Gopins', or gowpens, is a dialect word meaning 'handfulls'. The melody also appears in the c. 1812 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician John Bell [www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=R1000005] (1783-1864) with the following lyric:
If I had gold a' Gowpens,
If I had money in store;
If I had gold a' Gowpens,
My laddy should work no more.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Carlin (Gow Collection); No. 474. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 2, 1802; p. 21. Seattle (Great Northern/William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 252.
Recorded sources: