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LIGHT AND AIRY [1]. AKA and see "Dick Sullivan's Favorite," "Old Woman's Song (The)." Scottish, Irish; Jig. G Major (Cole): F Major (most versions). Standard tuning (fiddle). ABAC (reticule): AABB (Kerr): AABBCC (Cole, Gow, Hunter, Perlman, Ross). O'Neill (1922) remarks that "Light and Airy" first appeared in A Choice Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances & Strathspeys, etc., published by Robert Ross at Edinburgh, 1780. Kirkmichael, Perthshire, fiddler and composer Robert Petrie included it in his Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances.

Source for notated version: Car & Jackie Webster (Cardigan, Central Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]; Gow's Repository (1805) [O'Neill].

Printed sources: Anonymous (A Companion to the Reticule), 1833; p. 11. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 69. Gow (Second Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1788; p. 25. Gow (The Beauties of Niel Gow, vol. 3), 1819. Hunter (The Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 306. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 2), c. 1880's; No. 277, p. 30. Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, book 5, 1844–1845; p. 18. O'Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 176. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 145. Robert Ross (Choice Collection of Scots Reels), Edinburgh, 1780; p. 13. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 101.

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-''Printed sources'': Anonymous ('''A Companion to the Reticule'''), 1833; p. 11. Cole ('''1000 Fiddle Tunes'''), 1940; p. 69. Gow ('''Second Collection of Niel Gow's Reels'''), 1788; p. 25 (3rd ed.). Gow ('''The Beauties of Niel Gow, vol. 3'''), 1819. Gow ('''Collection of Strathspey & Reels'''). Hunter ('''The Fiddle Music of Scotland'''), 1988; No. 306. Kerr ('''Merry Melodies, vol. 2'''), c. 1880's; No. 277, p. 30. '''Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, book 5''', 1844–1845; p. 18. O'Neill ('''Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody'''), 1922; No. 176. Perlman ('''The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island'''), 1996; p. 145. Robert Ross ('''Choice Collection of Scots Reels'''), Edinburgh, 1780; p. 13. '''Ryan's Mammoth Collection''', 1883; p. 101.
+''Printed sources'': Anonymous ('''A Companion to the Reticule'''), 1833; p. 11. Cole ('''1000 Fiddle Tunes'''), 1940; p. 69. Gow ('''Second Collection of Strathspey Reels'''), 1788; p. 25. Gow ('''The Beauties of Niel Gow, vol. 3'''), 1819. Hunter ('''The Fiddle Music of Scotland'''), 1988; No. 306. Kerr ('''Merry Melodies, vol. 2'''), c. 1880's; No. 277, p. 30. '''Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, book 5''', 1844–1845; p. 18. O'Neill ('''Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody'''), 1922; No. 176. Perlman ('''The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island'''), 1996; p. 145. Robert Ross ('''Choice Collection of Scots Reels'''), Edinburgh, 1780; p. 13. '''Ryan's Mammoth Collection''', 1883; p. 101.
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