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'''WEAVER'S MARCH, THE.''' AKA and see "[[Charles of Sweden]],” “[[Cheat (The)]],” “[[Cheat or Swing]],” "[[Come Jolly Bacchus]]," “[[Coquette (3)]],” "[[First of August (The)]]," "[[Frisky Jenny]]," "[[Gallant Weaver (The)]]," “[[In My Cottage Near a Wood]],” “[[Pretty Polly (5)]],” "[[Tenth of June (The)]]," "[[Twenty first of August]]." English, Scottish, March (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody, a trade tune associated with the weavers, was printed by James Aird in his '''Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1''' (1782; No. 164, p. 60). He gave "21st of August" as an alternate title. Poet Robert Burns wrote verses to the march, a song called "[[Gallant Weaver (The)]]. | '''WEAVER'S MARCH, THE.''' AKA and see "[[Charles of Sweden]],” “[[Cheat (The)]],” “[[Cheat or Swing]],” "[[Come Jolly Bacchus]]," “[[Coquette (3)]],” "[[First of August (The)]]," "[[Frisky Jenny]]," "[[Gallant Weaver (The)]]," “[[In My Cottage Near a Wood]],” “[[Pretty Polly (5)]],” "[[Tenth of June (The)]]," "[[Twenty first of August]]." English, Scottish, March (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody, a trade tune associated with the weavers, was printed by James Aird in his '''Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1''' (1782; No. 164, p. 60). He gave "21st of August" as an alternate title. Poet Robert Burns wrote verses to the march, a song called "[[Gallant Weaver (The)]]" that begins: | ||
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<br> | ''Where Cart rins row in tae the sea,''<br> | ||
''By mony a flow'r and shading tree,''<br> | |||
''There lives a lad, the lad for me,''<br> | |||
''He is a gallant weaver.''<br> | |||
''Oh I had wooers ought of nine,''<br> | |||
''The gui'ed me rings and ribbons fine,''<br> | |||
''But I was fear'd my heard wad tine,''<br> | |||
''And I gie'd it tae the weaver.''<br> | |||
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WEAVER'S MARCH, THE. AKA and see "Charles of Sweden,” “Cheat (The),” “Cheat or Swing,” "Come Jolly Bacchus," “Coquette (3),” "First of August (The)," "Frisky Jenny," "Gallant Weaver (The)," “In My Cottage Near a Wood,” “Pretty Polly (5),” "Tenth of June (The)," "Twenty first of August." English, Scottish, March (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody, a trade tune associated with the weavers, was printed by James Aird in his Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1 (1782; No. 164, p. 60). He gave "21st of August" as an alternate title. Poet Robert Burns wrote verses to the march, a song called "Gallant Weaver (The)" that begins:
Where Cart rins row in tae the sea,
By mony a flow'r and shading tree,
There lives a lad, the lad for me,
He is a gallant weaver.
Oh I had wooers ought of nine,
The gui'ed me rings and ribbons fine,
But I was fear'd my heard wad tine,
And I gie'd it tae the weaver.
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