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SWEET MOLLY [2]. AKA – “Sweet Mally.” AKA and see “Bonnet Makers of Dundee (The),” “Burnt Leg (The),” “Corby and the Pyett (The).” Scottish, Reel and Strathspey. E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. James Oswald printed the tune under the “Corby and the Pyett (The)” title in his Caledonian Pocket Companion (1743-48), while Robert Bremner gives it as “Bonnett Makers of Dundee (The)” in his 1757 collection. The tune first appeared under the title “Sweet Mally” in Glasgow musician and publisher James Aird’s first volume of his ‘’’Selection’’’ (1782).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scots, English, Irish and Foreign Airs vol. 1), 1782; p. 44. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 188, p. 44. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 4), c. 1880’s; Nos. 125 & 126, p. 15. Wilson (A Companion to the Ball Room), 1816; p. 76.

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