X:1
T:I wish I wer for hellen lyes
N:A version of the lament "Helen of Kirkconnell"
M:3/2
L:1/8
B:Bowie Manuscript (c. 1695, f.33)
N:The MS was once in the possession of George Bowie, who entered his
N:name with the date 1705 in the front. It is unlikely that Bowie was the author
N:of the MS., which, at any rate contains a number of known and suspected
N:compositions of John McLachlan, an Edinburgh musician in the 1690's.
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:C
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