Annotation:Stak in Vergo
X:1 T:Stak in Vergo O:Irish M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Slow" B:John Bowie – “Collection of strathspey reels & country dances &c.” B:(Edinburgh, c. 1789, p. 29) F: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104982736 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A V:1 (AB)|{AB}c2 E2F2|A4A2|B4 TBA|B2c2A2|d4 TcB|c2e2a2|A4 TFG|A2d4| G3A BG|F3G AF|E2F2 A>B|A4::A>B|{AB}c2 .A.B.c.d|e2Tc2e2|Tfefgaf|T(fe).d.c.B.A| Tc2 .A.B.c.d|e2Tc2e2|a4 (fa)|T(fe).d.c.B.A|a4 a/b/c’|c4 e>c|B4 TBA|B2c2A2|d4 Tc>B| c2e2a2|A4 TFG|A2 .d.c.T.B.A|(G/A/B/c/ d)(GTFE)|(F/G/A/B/ c)(FTED)|E2F2 A>B|A4:| V:2 clef = bass z2|A,2C,2D,2|C,>D,C,B,,C,A,,|D,2E,2F,2|G,E,A,E, C,A,,|B,,2G,2E,2|A,4C,2|F,>G, F,2D,2|C,2 B,,A,,G,,E,,| E,,2 E,4-|E,2 D,4|C,2 D,A,F,D,|A,2A,,2::z2|A,2C,2A,,2|G,2A,2A,,2|D,4 D2|C2E,4| A,2C,2A,,2|G,2A,E,G,E,|F,>G,F,E, D,2|C,2E,4|zC A,4|zA,E,C, A,,2|E,,2E,2F,2|G,E,A,E,A,C,|B,,2B,A, G2| A,2G,E, F,2|zC, F,2D,2|C,2E,2z2|E,2B,,2G,,2|D,4 E,2|A,,C,B,A,, C,2|A,,2A,2:|
STAK IN VERGO. AKA - "Stáca an Margiadh," "Strachan variga." Irish, Air (3/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The Irish air"Stáca an Margiadh" was printed by Scottish musician biography:John Bowie in his c. 1789 collection of strathspey reels, country dances and airs. His garbled title was "Stak in Vergo." The tune was also published by William Crotch[1] as "Strachan variga" in a version he sourced to John Baptist Malchair taken "from the playing of a blind piper." Thomas Moore used a version of the air for his song beginning "Thee, thee, only thee" (Market Stake (The)").
- ↑ William Crotch, Specimens of Various Styles of Music referred to in a Course of Lectures read at Oxford and London, vol. 1, London, 1807.