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HE'S BONNY. AKA – "He's Bonny. He's o'er the hill this night that I loe weel for a' that." Scottish, Slow Air. B Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. A note in the Gows' Fifth Collection (1809) reads: "This Tune is Supposed to have been Composed about the year 1745." Under the title "He's ower the hill that I know well," the melody is a staple of pipe bands.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 542. Gow (Fifth Collection of Strathspeys, Reels), 1809; p. 15. MacLachlan (The Piper's Assistant), 1854; no. 92, p. 54.

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-'''HE'S BONNY'''. AKA - "He's Bonny. He's o'er the hill this night that I loe weel for a' that." Scottish, Slow Air. B Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. A note in the Gows' Fifth Collection (1809) reads: "This Tune is Supposed to have been Composed about the year 1745." Under the title "[[He's ower the hill that I know well]]," the melody is a staple of pipe bands.
+'''HE'S BONNY'''. AKA – "He's Bonny. He's o'er the hill this night that I loe weel for a' that." Scottish, Slow Air. B Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. A note in the Gows' Fifth Collection (1809) reads: "This Tune is Supposed to have been Composed about the year 1745." Under the title "[[He's ower the hill that I know well]]," the melody is a staple of pipe bands.
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-''Printed sources'': Carlin ('''The Gow Collection'''), 1986; No. 542. Gow ('''Fifth Collection of Strathspey Reels'''), 1809; p. 15. '''The Piper's Assistant''' (1877).
+''Printed sources'':
+Carlin ('''The Gow Collection'''), 1986; No. 542.
+Gow ('''Fifth Collection of Strathspeys, Reels'''), 1809; p. 15.
+MacLachlan ('''The Piper's Assistant'''), 1854; no. 92, p. 54.
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