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Theme code Index
13b5 13b5
Also known as
Ta Bean Agam Fem , I've Got a Wife of My Ain , I Hae a Wife o' My Ain , Beauteous Fair Molly , Bless My Soul Why Shouldn't I? , Boring with a Gimlet , Boring with the Gimblet , Jack Won't Sell His Fiddle , Ragged Lady , Spatter the Mud , Wife of My Own (A)
Composer/Core Source
Region
England, Scotland, Ireland
Genre/Style
English, Irish, Northumbrian/Borders, Scottish, Shetland/Orkney
Meter/Rhythm
Country Dance, Slip/Hop Jig
Key/Tonic of
E
Accidental
2 sharps
Mode
Dorian
Time signature
9/8
History
Structure
AAB
Editor/Compiler
Robert Bremner
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Scots Reels
Tune and/or Page number
p. 45
Year of publication/Date of MS
c. 1757
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score ( )
X:1
T:I hae a wife o’ my ain
M:9/8
L:1/8
S:Gow – 1st Repository (1799)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Emin
EFE ~G2A B3|EFE G2A BGE|EFE ~G2A B^cd|DED {^c}d2B AFD:|
g>ag fgf e3|EFE ~G2A BGE|g>ag fgf e3|DED {^c}d2B AFD|
g>ag fgf e3|EFE ~G2A BGE|g>ag fgf efg|DED DdB AFD||
X:1
T:I Hae a Wife o My Own
M:9/8
L:1/8
S:William Mackie ms. (early 19th cent., Aberdeen)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
EFE G2A B3|EFE G2A BGE|EFE G2A Bcd|DED F2d AFD:|
|:gag fgf e3|EFE G2A BGE|gag (fg)f (ef)e|DED F2d AFD|
gag fgf e3|EFE G2A BGE|(ga)g (fg)f (ef)e|ABc dcB AFD:||
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