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'''I HA'E LAID A HERRIN' IN SA'T'''. AKA - "I hae laid a herrin in saut." Scottish, Jig (6/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. This is the melody traditionally used for the country dance Flora Macdonald’s Fancy. The song appears in Gavin Greig's '''Scots Minstrelsie | '''I HA'E LAID A HERRIN' IN SA'T'''. AKA - "I hae laid a herrin in saut." Scottish, Jig (6/8 time). A Major (Kerr): G Major (Rook). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Rook): AABB (Kerr). This is the melody traditionally used for the country dance Flora Macdonald’s Fancy. The song appears in Gavin Greig's '''Scots Minstrelsie, vol. 1''' (1893), wherein the words are credited to James Tytler, set to an "Old Melody." | ||
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I HA'E LAID A HERRIN' IN SA'T. AKA - "I hae laid a herrin in saut." Scottish, Jig (6/8 time). A Major (Kerr): G Major (Rook). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Rook): AABB (Kerr). This is the melody traditionally used for the country dance Flora Macdonald’s Fancy. The song appears in Gavin Greig's Scots Minstrelsie, vol. 1 (1893), wherein the words are credited to James Tytler, set to an "Old Melody."
I hae laid a herrin' i' saut,
Lass, gin ye lo'e me, tell me noo;
I hae brew'd a forpit o' maut,
An' I canna come ilka day to woo.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 2), c. 1880's; No. 316, p. 35.
Recorded sources: