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Theme code Index	3H1H1H5 3H1H4H3H
Also known as	Lads of AIr, Merry Lads of Ayr (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	C
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/2
History
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	David Young
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Bodleian Manuscript
Tune and/or Page number	p. 29
Year of publication/Date of MS	1740
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
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Tune annotations

X:1
T:Lads of Air, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Mackintosh - Third Book of Sixty-Eight New Reels and Strathspeys (1796)
K:C
|:f|(ed)cA cGG(f|ed)ce f2 (e/f/g)|edce d(c/B/A/ c)G|(A/B/c) (GE) D3:||
e|c/c/c (g>a) gede|c/c/c ga g2 (fe)|c/c/c (ga) gece|fgef d2 (de)|
c/c/c (ga) gede|c/c/c (ga) g2 fe|cegc' egcg|afge dagf||

X:2
T:Lads of Ayr, The
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. 28)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:C
f|:edcA cGGf|ecde f2 (fg)|edcA cGGc|AGce d2c:||
e|cega gede|c/c/c (ga)  g2 (ed)|cega gece|fage d2 (de)|
gcga gede|c/c/c (ga) g2 (ed)|cega gece|faeg defa||

X: 3
T: the Merry Lads of Ayr
C: John Riddell
B: RSCDS 1-12
R: reel
Z: 1997 by John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C|
L: 1/8
F:http://jc.tzo.net/~jc/music/abc/Scotland/reel/MerryLadsOfAyrR.abc	 2012-06-03 152213 UT
K: C
|: f \
| "C"edcB cGGf | edce "F"f2"G"gf | "C"edcB cGGc | "F"A/B/c "C"GE "G7"D2 D :|
|: d \
| "C"c2ga "(G)"gede | "C"ccga "(G)"g2ed | "C"cega gece | "F"fa"C"ge "G"d3 :|

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