I'll Gang Nae Mair to Yon Town

Tune annotations

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X:1
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T:I'll gae nae mair to your Town
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Robert Bremener - A Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances (London, 1757, p. 6) 
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion 
K:F
A|Ff-fc TA2 Fc|(A/B/c) Fc AGGg|(a/g/f/e/ f)c TA2 Fc|(A/B/c) Gc AF F:|
|:(c|AF)cF dFcF|AFcF (d/c/B/A/) Gc|AFcF dFcF|(A/B/c) Gc AF F:|]

X:1
%
T:I’ll gae nae mair to your town
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
Q:"Brisk"
B:Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion Book 10 (1760, p. 15)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
B|Gggd TB2 Gd|(B/c/d) Gd BAAa|(b/a/g/f/) gd B2 Gd|(B/c/d) Ad BGG:|
|:d|BGdG eGdG|BGdG (e/d/c/B/) Ad|BGdG eGdG|(B/c/d) Ad BGG:|
|:B|GgdB GgdB|GgdB cAAB|GgdB GgdB|ceAd BGG:|
|:f|gbag fedc|BgdB aAAf|gbfa egdB|cAaf gGG:|
|:g|BGAc TB2 Ag|BGdB eAAg|BGdB gdba|gedg BGG:|
|:g|bage gedB|dega baab|c’bag egdB|ceAd BGG:|]

X:1
%
T:We'll gang nae mair to yon Town  
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Country Dance Tune
B:Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1 (1782, No. 35, p. 13)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
B|Gggd|B2 Gd|BdGd|BAAB|
Gggd|B2 Gd|BdAc|BGG:|
|:d|BGdG eGdG|BGdG|cAAd|
BGdG|eGdG|BdAc|BGG:|
|:d|g>agd|B2 Gd|BGdG|cA A2|
(b/a/g/f/) gd|B2 Gd|BdAc|BGG:|]

X:2
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T:I'll go no more to yon Town
T:Mr. Small's favorite Reel
S:Petrie's Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c.
Z:Steve Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>, 6/11/04
N:Petrie's Second Collection, page 15
L:1/8
M:C
R:Reel
K:F
A|F(ffc) {B}A2 Fc|AcFc AGGg|(a/g/f/e/ f)c {B}A2 Fc|(A/B/c) GB AFF:|
|:B|AFcF dFcF |AFcF AGGB| AFcF dFcF |(A/B/c) GB AFF:|

X: 1
%
T: We'll Gang Nae Mair to Yon Town
N: O'Farrell's Pocket Companion v.3 (Sky ed. p.129)
N: "Scotch"
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: march
Q: 240
K: G
B| Gggd| B2 Gd| BdGd| BAAB| Gggd| B2 Gd| BdAc| BGG :|
d| BGdG| eGdG| BGdG| cAAd| BGdG| eGdG| BdAc| BGG :|
d| gagd| B2 Gd| BGdG| cAA>g| b/a/g/f/ gd| B2 Gd | BdAc| BGG :|

X:3
%
T:I'll gang nae mair to yon Town
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:J. Anderson - Anderson's Budget of Strathspeys, Reels & Country Dances 
B: for the German Flute or Violin (Edinburgh, 1820, p. 22)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
(B/A/)|Gggd B2 (Gc)|(Bd).G.d (BA).A.B|Gdgd B2 (Gd)|BdAc BGG:||
d|(BG).d.G (eG).d.G|BGdG BAAd|(BG).d.G (eG).d.G|(Bd)(Ac) BGGd|
.B.G.d.G .e.G.d.G|BGdG BAAd|(gf)(gd) B2 (Gc)|BdAc BGG||

X:1
%
T:I’ll gang nae mair to yon town
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:John Rook music manuscript collection (Waverton, Cumbria, 1840, p. 153)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
A|Gggd B2 Gc|(B/c/d) GB cA Af|gfgd B2 Gc|(B/c/d) Ac BGG:|
c|BG dG eG dG|BGdB {d}cAAc|BG dG eG dG|B/c/d Ac BGGc|
BG dG eGBG|BG dB cAAc|BcdB cdef|gd ec BGG||

X:1
%
T:Cha tèid mi fein a Chèilidh
T:I won’t go a gossiping
T:I’ll gang nae mair to yon Town
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:William Gunn - The Caledonian Repository of Music 
B:Adapted for the Bagpipes (Glasgow, 1848, p. 17)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amix
c|Aaae c2 Ad|ecAe dBBc|Aaae c2 Ad|ceBd cAAc|
Aaae c2 Ad|ceAe dBBa|agae c2 Ad|ceBd cAA||
c|cAeA fAeA|cAeA dBBd|cAeA fAeA|ceBd cAAd|
cAeA fAeA|cAeA dBBa|agae c2 Ad|ceBd cAA||

X:1
%
T:We'll gang na mair to yon town
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:James Goodman (1828─1896) music manuscript collection, 
S:vol. 3, p. 153. Mid-19th century, County Cork
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G|Gggd|B2 Gd|BdGB|BA AB|Gggd|B2Gd|BdAd|BG G2:|
|:d|BGdG|eGdG|BGdG|BAAd|BGdG|eeBdA|BdAd|BG G2:|

X:4
%
T:I'll Gang Nae Mair to Yon Town
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:F Major
A|Fffc A2Fc|AccA BGGf|a/g/f/e/ fc A2FB|A/B/c GB A=FF:|
|:B|AFcF dFcf|AF d/c/B/A/ BGGB|AFcF dFcF|A/B/c GB A=FF:|
Last time: |AFEF GABc|defg af~f||

X:5
%
T:I'll Go No More to Yon Town 
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Sergt. James O'Neill manuscripts
Z:Paul Kinder
R:Reel
K:A
(3efg||a2 ae c2 A2|ceAc d2 BB|ceae c2 A2|dfed cA (3efg|
a2 ae c2 A2|ceAc d2 BB|ceae c2 A2|dfed cA A2||
(3cBA eA fAed|(3cBA ec dBBd|(3cBA eA fded|ceBd c2 AA|
(3cBA eA fAed|(3cBA ec dBBd|cABc defg|afed cA A2||

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