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Theme code Index	5324 5353
Also known as	Keep the Country Bonnie Lassie, Keep the Country Bonny Lass, Na càill a Chailag ladhach, Let's shak her Weall, Wood of Fyvie (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/2
History
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Robert Bremner
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Scots Reels
Tune and/or Page number	p. 32
Year of publication/Date of MS	c. 1757
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Tune Annotations

X:2
T:Keep the Country Bonny Lassie
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Bremner - Scots Reels c. 1757
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
e | A/A/A T(cA) B>cdf | A/A/A T(cA) eATcA | dfce B>cdf | ecaf Te2A :|
|: g | (a/g/f/e/) ce B>cdg | (a/g/f/e/) ce (a/g/f/e/) ce | dfca B>cdf | (e/f/g a)f Te2A :|]

X:3
T:Keep the Countrey bonny Lassie
C:R. Petrie
S:Petrie's Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c.
Z:Steve Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>, 6/5/04
N:Petrie's Second Collection, page 12
L:1/8
M:C|
R:Reel
K:A
f|AA/A/ (cA) Bcdf| AA/A/ (cA) eAcA | dfce Bcdf|ecac e2 :|
g|(a/g/f/e/ cA) Bcdf|(a/g/f/e/ c)e (a/g/f/e/ c)e|(a/g/f/e/ cA) Bcdf|ecac e2 (Ag)|
(a/g/f/e/ cA) Bcdf|(a/g/f/e/ c)e (a/g/f/e/ c)e|(a/g/f/e/ c)A Bcdf|ecac e2A |]

X:1
T:Keep the Country Bonny Lassie
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:John Rook music manuscript collection (1840, p. 17)
N:Rook was a multi-instrumentalist from Waverton, near Wigton, Cumbria
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
EAcA Bcde|eAce a/g/f/e/ cA|dfce Bcde|ecac e2e:|
|:f/a/|a/g/f/e/ cA Bcde|a/g/f/e/ ce a/g/f/e/ cA|dfce Bcdf|ecac e2A2:|]

X:1
T:Na càill a Chailag ladhach
T:Keep the country bonny lassie
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:William Gunn - The Caledonian Repository of Music 
B:Adapted for the Bagpipes (Glasgow, 1848, p. 5)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amix
f|eAcA Bcdf|eCcA eAcA|dBcA Bcdf|ecac e2e:|
|:f|ecac Bcdf|ecac gcac|gaec Bcdf|ecac e2e:|

X:1
T:Keep the Country Bonny Lassie
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection  (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
f|eAcA Bcdf|eAcA eAcA|dfce Bcdf|ecac e2e:|
g|aece Bcdf|aece aece|aece Bcdf|ecac e2 eg|
aece Bcdf|aece aece|dfce Bcdf|ecac e2e||

X:1
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T:Keep the Country, Bonnie Lassie
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Köhlers’ Violin Repository Part 3 (1885, p. 219)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
f|eAcA Bcdf|eAcA eAcA|dfce Bcdf|ecac {f}e2A:||
g|a/g/f/e/ ce Bcdf|a/g/f/e/ ce aece|a/g/f/e/ ce Bcdf|ecac e2 Ag|
a/g/f/e/ ce Bcdf|a/g/f/e/ ce a/g/f/e/ ce|dfce Bcdf|eaca e2A||

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