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|f_annotation= | |f_annotation='''STEER HER UP AND HAD HER GAN.''' Scottish, Scots Measure (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Charles Gore explains the title "Steer her up and had her gan" has a nautical connection and translates as: "Bring her (the boat) up (to wind) and let (hold) her go(ing)." The tune and title are old and both appear in early manuscript collections: the '''Guthrie Manuscript''' (p. 299), the '''Gairdyn Manuscript''', and David Young's '''MacFarlane Manuscript''' (p. 266). | ||
|f_printed_sources= | |f_printed_sources=Gow ('''Complete Repository, Part 4'''), 1817; p. 8. McGlashan ('''Collection of Scots Measures'''), 178?; p. 11. | ||
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STEER HER UP AND HAD HER GAN. Scottish, Scots Measure (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Charles Gore explains the title "Steer her up and had her gan" has a nautical connection and translates as: "Bring her (the boat) up (to wind) and let (hold) her go(ing)." The tune and title are old and both appear in early manuscript collections: the Guthrie Manuscript (p. 299), the Gairdyn Manuscript, and David Young's MacFarlane Manuscript (p. 266).
