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Theme code Index	16L33 5326L
Also known as	Maggie Pickens, Nancy Wants Her Own Share, Whistle o'er the Lave o't, Whistle Over
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Strathspey
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	One part, AB, AAB, AABB, ABCCDD, AABCCD, AABBCCDD
Editor/Compiler	Robert Bremner
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Scots Reels
Tune and/or Page number	p. 56
Year of publication/Date of MS	1757
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Tune annotations

X:1
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T:Whistle o'er the lave o't
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Cumming - Collection of Strathspey or Old Highland Reels (1780, No. 33, pp. 10-11)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
G>DE>G TB>A B2|d>e B>g TA>G E2|G>DEG B>ABg|G>G B>G TA2G2:|
|:(de/f/) g>d Te>d B2|d>e B>g A>G E2|g>b e>g d>e Bg|A<GB>G TA2G2|
G>BA>c B>GA>c|B>GA>E G>B, TA,2|G,>B,A,>C B,>DGB|G>G B>G TA2G2:|
|:(G/A/B/c/ dg) ed TB2|c>AB>G c>G TE2|TB>A/2B/4 Tc>B/2c/4 de/f/ gf/e/|d>GB>G TA2G2:|

X:2
%
T:Whistle o'er the Leave o't
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:The Caledonian Muse (1785)
Z:Paul Kinder
K:G
G>DE>G B>A B2|d>eB>g TA>G E2|G>DE>G B>ABg|G<G B>G A2 G2:|
|:de/2f/2 g>d e>d TB2|d>eB>g A>G E2|g>be>g d>eB>g|G<GB>G A2 G2:|
|:G>BA>c B>GA>c|B>GA>E G>B A2|G>BA>c B>dG>B|G<GB>G TA2 G2:|
G/2A/2B/2c/2 dgTed B2|c>AB>G c>G TE2| BA/2B/2 cB/2c/2 de/2f/2 gf/2e/2|dGBG A2 G2:||

X:1
T:Whistle o’er the lave o’t
M:C
L:1/8
R:”Scottish Air”
Q:"Briskly"
N:”This air was composed about the year 1720 by John Bruce, musician, in Dumfries.”
B:Manson – Hamilton’s Universal Tune Book, vol. 2 (1846, p. 56)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G>DE<G B>A B2|d>eB>g A>G E2|G>DE<G B>AB>g|G<GB>G A2 G2:|
|:(de/f/) g>d e>d B2|d>eB>g A>G E2|g>be>g d>eB>g|G<GB>G A2G2:|]

X:1
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T:Whistle o’er the Lave o’t
M:C
L:1/8
R:Slow Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection  (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G>E E<G B>A B2|d<e B>g A>G E2|G>D E<G G>AB>g|
G<G B>G A2G2:|de/f/ g>f e>d B2| d>eB>g A>G E2|
de/f/ g>f e>d B<g|G<G B>G A2 G2|de/f/ g>f e>d B2|
c>aB>g A>G E2|g>be>g d>g B<b|G<G B>G A2 G2||
|:G>BA>c B>GA>c|B>GA>F G>B, A,2|G,>B,A,>C B,>D G<B|
A>Bc>B A2 G2:|G/A/B/c/ d<g e>cB>G|c>AB>G A>G E2|
BA/B/ cB/c/ de/f/ g2|G<G B>G A2G2|G/A/B/c/ d<g e>cB>G|
ce/c/ Bd/B/ A>G E2|g>be>g d>g B<b|G<G B>G A2 G2||

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