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'''BRAW (BRAVE) LADS OF JEDBURGH, THE'''. AKA - "Braw Lads of Jeddart | '''BRAW (BRAVE) LADS OF JEDBURGH, THE'''. AKA - "[[Braw Lads of Jeddart]]," "[[Braw Lads of Jethart]]." AKA and see "[[Bob of Fettercairn]]," "[[Come Kiss With Me Come Clap With Me]]," "[[Had I the Wight]]," "[[Kail and Knockit Corn]]" (Shetland), "[[Mrs. Reneau's Reel]]" (Canada), "[[Newburn Lads]]." English/Scottish, Reel. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Jedburgh is a city in the Borders region of Scotland. It was formerly a cloth manufacturing center, and once featured a famous abbey. The title appears to be a fairly recent attachment to a tune that has some antiquity, and is one that is associated with the piping tradition. A couplet printed by Robert Chambers ('''Popular Rhymes of Scotland''', 1870) goes: | ||
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''Ye'll be kissed and I'll be kissed,''<br> | ''Ye'll be kissed and I'll be kissed,''<br> |
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BRAW (BRAVE) LADS OF JEDBURGH, THE. AKA - "Braw Lads of Jeddart," "Braw Lads of Jethart." AKA and see "Bob of Fettercairn," "Come Kiss With Me Come Clap With Me," "Had I the Wight," "Kail and Knockit Corn" (Shetland), "Mrs. Reneau's Reel" (Canada), "Newburn Lads." English/Scottish, Reel. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Jedburgh is a city in the Borders region of Scotland. It was formerly a cloth manufacturing center, and once featured a famous abbey. The title appears to be a fairly recent attachment to a tune that has some antiquity, and is one that is associated with the piping tradition. A couplet printed by Robert Chambers (Popular Rhymes of Scotland, 1870) goes:
Ye'll be kissed and I'll be kissed,
We'll a' be kissed the morn;
The braw lads o' Jethart
Will kiss us a' the morn.
Printed source: Hall and Stafford (Charlton Memorial Tune Book), 1974; p. 7. Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 131, p. 87. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984, p. 184.
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