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Theme code Index	5255 222H2H
Also known as	Low in the Broom, My Love's in the Broom, Down in the Broom, Red Red Rose (2)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Strathspey
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABCD
Editor/Compiler	Biography:James Oswald
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Caledonian Pocket Companion vol. 7
Tune and/or Page number	p. 6
Year of publication/Date of MS	1760
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Tune annotations

X:1
T:Low Down in the Broom
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:"Slow"
B:Oswald - Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 7 (1760, p. 6)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
d|ADEF A>dAF|E>DEF e3 {de}f|D2 EF d>cBA|(BA)(Bc) d3A|
(d{de}f) ed B{Bc}d) AF|A2 g>f {f}e2 a>g|{fg}a2 e>d (B{AB}d) {B}AF|A2 Bc d3:|
|:(d/B/)|(A/F/)(E/D/) D(E/F/) A>B (d/B/)(A/F/)|(A/F/)(E/D/) EF e3 (d/e/)|
fD (E/D/E/F/)|(A/B/)(d/B/) d/B/A/F/|(A{ef}g) (f/e/)(d/c/) d3A|
d>e {g}f(e/d/) B(A/B/) (d/B/)(A/F/)|A>B (d/f/)(a/f/) {f}e2 f>a|
{fa}b2 af (ed) (B/d/)(A/F/)|A2 (g/e/)(d/c/) {c}d3:|]

X:1
T:Low Down in the Broom
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:"Lively"
B:Ritson - Scottish Songs (1794, p. 45)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:C
c|GCDE G>c GE|D>C DE d3 {cd}e|C<C DE c>B AG|A>G AB c3||
B|c{cd}edc A{GA}cGE|G2 f>e d2 g>f|{ef}g2 ec A{GA}cGE|G2 AB c4||
C2DE c>B AG|A>G Ac d2 c/d/e|C2 DE Gc {A}GF|G2 AB c3||

X:2
T:Low in the Broom
M:C
L:1/8
N:"Slow"
S:O'Farrell - Pocket Companion, vol. 1 (c. 1805)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
d | ADEF A>dAF | E>DEF e3 {d/e/}f | D2 EF dcBA | B>ABc d3 :|
|| A | de/f/ ed BdAF | A2 gf e2 ag | (f>g/2a/4) fd B{A/B/}d AF | A2 Bc d4 ||
D2 EF d>cBA | BA>Bd {d}e2 (d/4e/2<f) | D2 EF A>d B/A/G/F/ | A2 Bc d2 || 
A | (d>e/2f/4) ed B{A/B/}d B/A/G/F/ | A2 g>f e2 ag | (f>g/2a/4) g/f/e/d/ B{A/B/}d {B}A{G}F | A2 B/A/B/c/ d2 ||

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