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Theme code Index	131H1H 1H66H2H
Also known as	Oh dear Minnie what shall I do?
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	3/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	William McGibbon
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Scots Tunes Book 1
Tune and/or Page number	p. 11
Year of publication/Date of MS	1746
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Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
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Tune annotations

X:1
T:O dear Mother what shall I do
M:3/4
L:1/16
B:Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion Book 3 (1760, p. 10)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
"Slow"D6E2D4|{E}F4A4T(B3A/B/)|d6 e2 (def2)|{e}Td6B2A4|
d4B2d2A2d2|B8b4|T(a3g/a/) (b2a2)(g2e2)|{d}Te8 d4|
L:1/8
TF3E (F/E/D)|{E}F2A2B2|(dc)(de)(fe)|{e}Td3B A2|
B3A {A}Bd|{B}A2{G}F2A2|Bc d2 (FG)|{F}TE4 D2:|
|:(fg) a2 (ab)|{b}a2f2a2|{a}b2{b}a2{a}g2|Tf3e d2|
fa b2 (b/c'/d')|{c'}Tb4 a2|Bd(ba)d'f|{d}Te4 d2|
f(e/f/) defg|a(dcd) d'2|b2 adcg|Tf2 (ef)d2|
Bc d2B2|A2 {G}F2A2|(Bd) (AB) (DG)|{F}TE4 D2:|
|:DF2A2 (B/c/)|dAeAfA|gAfAeA|Tf2 (e/d/e/f/) (d2|
d)c2B2(b|b)a2g2(f|f)g/a/ (gf)(bg)|{f}Te4 d2|
D F2A2 (B/c/)|.d/(A/B/A/) .e/(A/B/A/) .f/(A/B/A/)|.g/(A/G/A/) .f/(A/G/A/) .e/(A/B/A/)|
.f/(a/g/f/) .e/(g/f/e/) .d/(f/e/d/)|TB3 A{A} Bd|{B}A2{G}F2A2|
B>c (d/c/B) (A/G/F)|{F}TE4 D2::fgaaEa|DaFaDa|
GbFaEg|(fe)(dc) d2|f(g/a/) bbDb|GbGbFa|f/e/d (g/f/)e (b/a/)g|
{f}Te4 d2|f/g/f/e/ d/A/d/f/ a/d/f/a/|d'aFaDa|GbFaEg|
Tf2 ef d2|b>c' d'2 b2|a2f2A2|B>c d2 F>G|TE4 D2:|
P:Giga
M:6/8
L:1/8
"Brisk"D2D FAB|def d2A|(dB)B B2a|baf Te2d|
D2D FAB|def d2A|B3 AFA|(B/c/d)F TE2D:|
|:(f/g/a)a a2d|baf Te2d|fbb b2d'|baf Te2d|
(f/g/a)d afd|baf efd|TB3 AFA|(B/c/d)F TE2D:|]

X:2
T:Oh Dear Mother What Shall I Do?
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Johnson - Scots Musical Museum (No. 236)
K:D
D3ED2 | F2A2B2 | d2f2e2 | d2B2A2 | d2B2d2 | B4b2 | 
b2a2g2 | f2e2d2 | F2E2D2 | F2A2B2 | d2f2e2 | d2B2A2 | 
B2d2B2 | A2F2A2 | B2d2F2 | E4C2 ||d2a2a2 | a3fa2 | 
b2a2f2 | e4d2 | f2b2b2 | b4a2 | a2g2f2 | e4d2 | d2a2a2 | 
a2f2a2 | b2a2f2 | e4d2 | B2d2B2 | A2F2A2 | B2d2F2 | E4D2 ||

X:3
T:Untitled
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Bayard"A Miscellany of Tune Notes," Studies in Folklore (p. 169)
N:Collected in Pennsylvania in 1930's
K:D
A, |: D2F A2c | def d2A | dcB A^GA | baf {g}fed | 
D2FA2c | def d2A | dcB A^GA | {c}BAF E2F :|
|: D2a a^ga | baf {g}fef | dfa a2c | def e2f | 
dfa a^ga | baf ede | dcB A^GA | BAF E2F :|]

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