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WILT THOU BE MY DEARIE. Scottish, Air (2/4 or whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). The song by poet Robert Burns was printed in James Johnson's Scots Musical Museum, vol. 5 (1797,Song 470, p. 484), set to the older air "Suttor's Dochter (The)" AKA "Cobbler's Daughter (The)" printed in 1761 in Edinburgh by Neil Stewart.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5), 1797; p. 53.

Recorded sources:

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-'''WILT THOU BE MY DEARIE.''' Scottish, Air (2/4 or whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). Glen (1891) states that this tune is derived from "Suttor's Daughter."  The song was printed in James Johnson's '''Scots Musical Museum, vol. 5''' (1797, p. 484)
+'''WILT THOU BE MY DEARIE.''' Scottish, Air (2/4 or whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). The song by poet Robert Burns was printed in James Johnson's '''Scots Musical Museum, vol. 5''' (1797,Song 470, p. 484), set to the older air "[[Suttor's Dochter (The)]]" AKA "[[Cobbler's Daughter (The)]]" printed in 1761 in Edinburgh by Neil Stewart.
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