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Theme code Index	5562 5555
Also known as	Bride has a Bonnie Thing (The), Scotland (3)
Composer/Core Source
Region	England, Scotland
Genre/Style	English, Scottish, Shetland/Orkney
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille, March/Marche
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History	SCOTLAND(Shetland/Orkney)
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Robert Bremner
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Scots Reels
Tune and/or Page number	p. 34
Year of publication/Date of MS	c. 1757
Artist	Biography:Boys of the Lough
Title of recording	Boys of the Lough (The)
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Shanachie 79002
Year recorded	1973
Media
Score ()

Tune annotations

X:1
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T:Bride has a Bonny thing, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 8 (1760, p. 21)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
f|eAA ecc|fBB Baf|eAA ecc|eAA Aaf|
eAA ecc|fBB Bcd|e2 (f/^g/) agf|Te2A Acd|
e2 (f/^g/) agf|T^g2B Bcd|e2 (f/^g/) agf|ef^g aec|
dfd cea|Tg2B Bcd|eAA ecc|eAA A2:|
|:f|Te2A Bce|fec Baf|Tg2A Bce|fec Aaf|
Te2A Bce|fec Bcd|e2a (f/^g/a)f|Te2c ABc|
e2a (f/^g/a)f|T^g2b Bcd|ef^g aec|aec aec|
(d/e/f)d cea|T^g2B Bcd|eAA ecc|eAA A2:|]

X:2
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T:Bride's a Bonnie Thing, The
M:6/8 
L:1/8
R:Jig or March
S:Gow - 3rd Repository  (1806)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
eAA ecc|fBB Baf|eAA ecc|eAA ecc|
fdd ecc|fBB Baf|eAA ecc|eAA Aaf:||
e2d (f/g/a)f|-g2B Bcd|e2e (f/g/a)f|ece ae=g|
fdf ece|f2(B Bc)d|e2e (f/g/a)f|e2A A2c/d/|
e2e (f/g/a)f|(=g2B) Bcd|e2e (f/g/a)f|ece ae=g|
fdf ece|f2B Bcd|e2d (f/g/a)f|e2A Aaf||

X:3
%
T:Bride has a Bonnie Thing, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion 
K:Amix
eAA ecc|fBB Baf|eAA ecc|eAA ecc|
fdd ecc|fBB Baf|eAA ecc|eAA Aaf:|
|:e3 f/g/af|e2A ABc|e3 (f/g/a)f|g2B Bcd|
e3 (f/g/a)f|(ec)e (ae)g|(fd)f (ec)e|fBB Bcd:||

X:1
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T:Bride is a Boanie Ting, Da
T:Bride is a Bonny Thing, The  
S:John Stickle (1875-1957, Unst and Lerwick)
N:Collected July, 1946, by Pat Shaw from the playing
N:of Stickle at Baltasound, Unst.
M:3/4
L:1/8
Q:"Slow"
B:Pat Shuldham Shaw - "Folk Music and Dance in Shetland"
B:Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, vol. V, No. 2, 1947, p. 80.
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
G3G3|AFA ABc|G3G3|e^ce dBd|
G3 G3|AFA ABc|dBd cBA|G3 G3:|
|:def {gf}g2e|f2A ABA|d3 gdB|def {gf}gdB|
def {gf}gfe|g2A ABc|dBd cBA|G3 G3:|]

X:4
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T:Bride's a Boannie Ting, Da
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
N:AEae tuning
B:Anderson & Swing - Haand Me Doon da Fiddle (1979)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
A3 A3|(BFB) (Bcd)|A3 A3|f(^df) e(ce)|
A3 A3|BFB Bcd|ece (dcB)|A3 A3:|
|:efg {ag}a2f|g2B (Bcd)|e3 aec|efg {ag}aec|
efg {ag}(agf)|a2B Bcd|ece (dcB)|A3 A3:|]

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