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''Printed sources'': Carlin ('''Gow Collection'''), 1986; No. 564. Gow ('''Complete Repository, Part 3'''), 1806; p. 5. McGibbon ('''Scots Tunes, book II'''), c. 1746; p. 40. Johnson ('''Scots Musical Museum Book 11'''), ; No. 23. | ''Printed sources'': Carlin ('''Gow Collection'''), 1986; No. 564. Gow ('''Complete Repository, Part 3'''), 1806; p. 5. McGibbon ('''Scots Tunes, book II'''), c. 1746; p. 40. Johnson ('''Scots Musical Museum Book 11'''), ; No. 23. Oswald ('''Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 11''), 1760; p. 133. | ||
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WHEN THE KING CAME O'ER THE (BOYNE) WATER(S). AKA and see "Boyne Water (1)," "Cavalcade of the Boyne," "King William's March." Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The air dates back at least to the end of the 17th century (see "annotation:Boyne Water (1)" for more). Poet Robert Burns employed the air as the vehicle for his song "Now westlin winds", published in Edinburgh in James Johnson's Scots Musical Museum.
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Printed sources: Carlin ('Gow Collection), 1986; No. 564. Gow (Complete Repository, Part 3), 1806; p. 5. McGibbon (Scots Tunes, book II), c. 1746; p. 40. Johnson (Scots Musical Museum Book 11), ; No. 23. Oswald (Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 11), 1760; p. 133.
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