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Theme code Index	13b5 13b5
Also known as	Ta Bean Agam Fem, I've Got a Wife of My Ain, I Hae a Wife o' My Ain, Beauteous Fair Molly, Bless My Soul Why Shouldn't I?, Boring with a Gimlet, Boring with the Gimblet, Jack Won't Sell His Fiddle, Ragged Lady, Spatter the Mud, Wife of My Own (A)
Composer/Core Source
Region	England, Scotland, Ireland
Genre/Style	English, Irish, Northumbrian/Borders, Scottish, Shetland/Orkney
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance, Slip/Hop Jig
Key/Tonic of	E
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Dorian
Time signature	9/8
History
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Robert Bremner
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Scots Reels
Tune and/or Page number	p. 45
Year of publication/Date of MS	c. 1757
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Tune annotations

X:1
%
T:Wife of My Own, A
M:9/8
L:1/8
S:William Vickers' music manuscript collection (1770, Northumberland)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Emin
EFE G2B G2B|EFE G2B AFD|EFE G2B G2B|
AFD D2B AFD::BGG cBA dcB|BGE E2B AFD|
BAG cBA dcB|AFD D2B AFD::gag G2B G2B|
gag G2 B AFD|gag G2B G2B|AFD D2B AFD:|]

X:1
%
T:I hae a wife o’ my ain
M:9/8
L:1/8
S:Gow – 1st Repository  (1799)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Emin
EFE ~G2A B3|EFE G2A BGE|EFE ~G2A B^cd|DED {^c}d2B AFD:|
g>ag fgf e3|EFE ~G2A BGE|g>ag fgf e3|DED {^c}d2B AFD|
g>ag fgf e3|EFE ~G2A BGE|g>ag fgf efg|DED DdB AFD||

X:1
%
T:I Hae a Wife o My Own
M:9/8
L:1/8
S:William Mackie ms. (early 19th cent., Aberdeen)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
EFE G2A B3|EFE G2A BGE|EFE G2A Bcd|DED F2d AFD:|
|:gag fgf e3|EFE G2A BGE|gag (fg)f (ef)e|DED F2d AFD|
gag fgf e3|EFE G2A BGE|(ga)g (fg)f (ef)e|ABc dcB AFD:||

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