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'''LAY BY YOUR WHEEL, BETTY.''' Scottish, English; Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The title refers to a spinning wheel, and Betty is being asked to stop working. The mid-18th century song was sung by a Miss Brown at Sadler's Wells, and appears in '''The American Mock Bird''' (New York, 1764). | '''LAY BY YOUR WHEEL, BETTY.''' Scottish, English; Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The title refers to a spinning wheel, and Betty is being asked to stop working. The mid-18th century song called "Johnny and Betsy" was sung by a Miss Brown at Sadler's Wells, and appears in songsters such as '''The Charmer: Or, the Lady's Garland''' (1764) and '''The American Mock Bird''' (New York, 1764). It begins: | ||
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''My Daddy was gone to the Market | ''My Daddy was gone to the Market a mile''<br> | ||
''My Mammy was gone to the Miller's the while,''<br> | |||
''In came my dear Johnny, and such was his Saying,''<br> | |||
''Lay by your Wheel, Betsy, come with me a Maying.''<br> | |||
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LAY BY YOUR WHEEL, BETTY. Scottish, English; Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The title refers to a spinning wheel, and Betty is being asked to stop working. The mid-18th century song called "Johnny and Betsy" was sung by a Miss Brown at Sadler's Wells, and appears in songsters such as The Charmer: Or, the Lady's Garland (1764) and The American Mock Bird (New York, 1764). It begins:
My Daddy was gone to the Market a mile
My Mammy was gone to the Miller's the while,
In came my dear Johnny, and such was his Saying,
Lay by your Wheel, Betsy, come with me a Maying.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5), Glasgow, 1801; No. 169, p. 63.
Recorded sources: