Annotation:We'll all go to Kelso

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WE’LL ALL GO TO TO KELSO. Scottish, Jig or Two-Step. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Kelso is a town in the Scottish Borders region, near where the rivers Tweed and Teviot meet. Kelso is famous for its racecourse (see note for "annotation:Kelso Races"), which, along with the natural beauty of the region, would be one reason to 'all go to Kelso'. David Herd prints a Scots song called "We'll a' to Kelso go" in his Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs, vol. 2), The first few stanza's go:

An I'll awa' to bonny Tweed-side,
And fee my deary come throw,
And he fall be mine, gif fae he incline,
For I hate to lead apes below.

While young and fair, I'll make it my care,
To secure mysell in a jo;
I'm no sick a fool to let my blood cool,
And syne gae lead apes below.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. II), 1785; No. 94, p. 34. Neill (The Scots Fiddle: Tunes, Tales & Traditions of the Lothians, Borders), pp. 104-105. Oswald (Caledonian Pocket Companion), 1760.

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