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O BUT YE BE MERRY. AKA and see "O She's Comical." Scottish, Reel. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): ABCDE (McGlashan).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: David Glen's Collection of Highland Bagpipe Music, Book 10, c. 1890's, No. 12, p. 8. McGlashan (A Collection of Reels), c. 1786; p. 9. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; p. 77 [1].

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