Merry Lads of Ayr (The)
Tune annotations
X:1 T:Merry Lads of Air M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Robert Bremner - Collection of Scots Reels, Country Dances (1757, p. 15) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C f|edcA cGGf|edcA f2 (e/f/g)|edcA cGGc|(A/B/c) GE D2C:| |:c2 g>a g>ede|c2 ga g2 Tf-e|c/c/c ga gede|f>g a/g/f/e/ d2d:|]
X:2 T:Merry Lads of Ayr, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:John Rook music manuscript collection (Waverly, Cumbria, 1840) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C f|edcd dGGf|edce g2 f>g|edcd cGGc|A/B/c GE D2D:|| c2 g>a g>ede|c/c/c g>a g2 Tfe|cega gece|f>g a/g/f/e/ d2 de| c2 g>a g>ede|c/c/c g>a g2 Tfe|cega gece|faeg defg||
X:3 T:Merry Lads of Ayr, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C f|eccB cGGf|ecce fagf|eccB cGGc|A/B/c GE D2D:| e|cega gede|cega g2ed|cega gece|fage d2de| cega gede|c/c/c ga g2ed|cega gece|fage defa||