Collier's Lass (The)
COLLIER'S LASS, THE. Scottish, Dance Tune (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The melody was published in 1700 in London by Henry Playford in his collection of thirty-nine Scottish melodies. Later derivatives of the melody were "Coallier's Daughter (The)" (Gillespie Manuscript of Perth), "Collier's Daughter (The)", "Collier's Bonnie Lassie (The)," and the air for Burns' "Jock of Hazeldean."
X:1 T:Collier's Lass, The M:C| L:1/8 B:Henry Playford - A Collection of Original Scotch-Tunes, (Full of the B:Highland Humours) for the violin (London, 1700, No. 12, p. 5) N:"Most of them being in the Compass of the Flute." Z:AK/FIddler's Companion K:G g2|B3A G2G2|G4 D4|_F4 F4|A2c4 dc|B3A G2G2| G4D4|B2 AB B2 AG|B2d4||ef|gfed edcB|c4f4| AB c2_F2F2|A2 c4 dc|B2G2A2D2|B2G2 A2D2|f2 ef g2G|B2 d4||