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Theme code Index	1135 1135
Also known as	Gu ma mear a charaid
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/2
History
Structure	AA'B
Editor/Compiler	Simon Fraser
Book/Manuscript title	Book:The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles
Tune and/or Page number	No. 100, p. 38
Year of publication/Date of MS	1816
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Tune annotations

X:1
T:Merry May the Pair Be
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
A2Aa cAec|A2Aa cAea|1 A2Aa cAec|
dBBc defa:||2 A2Aa cABG|AB,B,C DEFG||
AAGA FAED|CA,EA, FA,EG|AAGA FAEC|DB,B,C DEFG|
AAGA FAED|CA,EA, FA,Ed|cAeA aAec|dBfB bBfa||

X:1
T:Merry May the Pair Be
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Köhlers’ Violin Repository, Book 3 (1885, p. 205)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
{G}A2 (Aa) cAec|{G}A2 (Aa) cAea|{G}A2 (Aa) cAec|(dB)Bc (de)fa|
{G}A2 (Aa) cAec|{G}A2 (Aa) cAea|{G}A2 (Aa) cABG|AB,B,C DEFG||
AAGA FAED|CA,EA, FA,EG|AAGA FAEC|DB,B,C DEFG|
AAGA FAED|CA,EA, FA,Ed|(cA)(eA) (aA)(ec)|(dB )(fB) bBfa!D.C.!||

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