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'''WE'LL AYE GANG BACK TO YON TOWN.''' Scottish, Reel. G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Alexander Walker, born in Strathbogie, Scotland, in 1819, the title undoubtedly a take-off on the famous “[[I'll Gang Nae Mair to Yon Town]]/[[We'll gang nae mair to yon Town]].” According to Paul Stewart Cranford (1991) the tune still has currency among Cape Breton fiddlers. | '''WE'LL AYE GANG BACK TO YON TOWN.''' Scottish, Reel (cut time). G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Aberdeenshire fiddler-composer [[biography:Alexander Walker]], born in Strathbogie, Scotland, in 1819, the title undoubtedly a take-off on the famous “[[I'll Gang Nae Mair to Yon Town]]/[[We'll gang nae mair to yon Town]].” According to Paul Stewart Cranford (1991) the tune still has currency among Cape Breton fiddlers. | ||
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WE'LL AYE GANG BACK TO YON TOWN. Scottish, Reel (cut time). G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Aberdeenshire fiddler-composer biography:Alexander Walker, born in Strathbogie, Scotland, in 1819, the title undoubtedly a take-off on the famous “I'll Gang Nae Mair to Yon Town/We'll gang nae mair to yon Town.” According to Paul Stewart Cranford (1991) the tune still has currency among Cape Breton fiddlers.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Walker (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches, &c.), 1866; No. 192, p. 66.
Recorded sources: Rounder RO7023, Natalie MacMaster - “No Boundaries” (1996).
See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]