Whistle o'er
X:1 T:Whistle o'er the leave o't M:C| L:1/16 Q:"Lively" B:Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 12 (c. 1760) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G G3DE3G TB3A B4|d3eB3g TA3G E4|G3DE3G TB3A B2g2|GG3 B3G TA4G4:| |:d2(ef) g3d Te3d B4|d3eB3g TA3G E4|g3be3g d3eB2g2|GG3 B3G TA4G4:| |:G3BA3c B3GA3c|B3GA3E G3B, A,4|G,3B,A3C B3DG2B2|eB3 d3G TA4G4:| |:(GaBc) d3g Te3d TB4|c3AB3G A3G TE4|TB3(A/B/2) Tc3(B/c/2) d2(ef) g2(fe)| dG3 B3GTA4 G4::GB3 d3B d3B b3g|GB3 d3B c3A a3c| GB3 d3B g3b a3g|eg3 B3g TA4G4::d3ge3g d3g TB4| d3g (edB2) A3B E4|(ga)b2 (ef)g2 d3e B3g|GG3 B3G TA4 G4O:|
X:1
T:Whistle o'er the lave o't
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Cumming - Collection of Strathspey or Old Highland Reels (1780, No. 33, pp. 10-11)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
G>DE>G TB>A B2|d>e B>g TA>G E2|G>DEG B>ABg|G>G B>G TA2G2:|
|:(de/f/) g>d Te>d B2|d>e B>g A>G E2|g>b e>g d>e Bg|A<GB>G TA2G2|
G>BA>c B>GA>c|B>GA>E G>B, TA,2|G,>B,A,>C B,>DGB|G>G B>G TA2G2:|
|:(G/A/B/c/ dg) ed TB2|c>AB>G c>G TE2|TB>A/2B/4 Tc>B/2c/4 de/f/ gf/e/|d>GB>G TA2G2:|
X:2
T:Whistle o'er the Leave o't
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:The Caledonian Muse (1785)
Z:Paul Kinder
K:G
G>DE>G B>A B2|d>eB>g TA>G E2|G>DE>G B>ABg|G<G B>G A2 G2:|
|:de/2f/2 g>d e>d TB2|d>eB>g A>G E2|g>be>g d>eB>g|G<GB>G A2 G2:|
|:G>BA>c B>GA>c|B>GA>E G>B A2|G>BA>c B>dG>B|G<GB>G TA2 G2:|
G/2A/2B/2c/2 dgTed B2|c>AB>G c>G TE2| BA/2B/2 cB/2c/2 de/2f/2 gf/2e/2|dGBG A2 G2:||
X:1
T:Whistle o’er the Lave o’t
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Davie’s Caledonian Repository (Aberdeen, 1829-30, p. 38)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
B|G>DE<G B>A B2|d>eB<g {B}A>GE<A|G>DE<G B>AB<g|
G<G B>G A2G:|e|d>eg>d e>d B2|d<eB<g {B}A>GE>e|
d>eg>d e>de<g|G<GB>G {B}A2 G>e|de/f/ g>f e>d B2|
d<eB<g c/B/A/G/ Ea|g<be<g d<gB<g|G<G B>G {B}A2G||
D|G>BA>c B>GA>c|B>GA>E G>B, A,2|G,>B,A,>C B,>DC>E|
D>GB>G A2G:|B|G/A/B/c/ d<g e>d B2|c>eB<d A>G E2|
G/A/B/c/ d<g e>de<g|G<G B>G {B}A2 GB|G/A/B/c/ d<g e>d B2|
(3cac (3BgB c/B/A/G/ E>a|(3gbg (3ege (3dgd (3BdB|(3GBd (3dcB {B}A2 G||
X:1
T:Whistle o’er the Lave o’t
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
Q:"Slow"
B:Davie’s Caledonian Repository (Aberdeen, 1829-30, p. 38)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G>DEG B>AB2|d>eB<g {B}A>GE>F|G>D (E/F/)(G/A/) B>AB<g|
G>G {d}(c>B) {B}A2 Gz:|(d>e)g>d {f}e>d B2|d>eBg (c/B/)(A/G/) Ee|
de/f/ (g>f) e>dBg|G>G {d}(c>B) {B}A2G2|de/f/ (g>f) {f}e>d B2|
d>e Bg (c/B/)(A/G/) Ea|(g.b)(e.g) (de) (Bg)|G>D {d}(c>B) {B}A2 Gz||
X:1
T:Whistle o’er the lave o’t
M:C
L:1/8
R:”Scottish Air”
Q:"Briskly"
N:”This air was composed about the year 1720 by John Bruce, musician, in Dumfries.”
B:Manson – Hamilton’s Universal Tune Book, vol. 2 (1846, p. 56)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G>DE<G B>A B2|d>eB>g A>G E2|G>DE<G B>AB>g|G<GB>G A2 G2:|
|:(de/f/) g>d e>d B2|d>eB>g A>G E2|g>be>g d>eB>g|G<GB>G A2G2:|]
X:1
T:Whistle o’er the Lave o’t
M:C
L:1/8
R:Slow Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G>E E<G B>A B2|d<e B>g A>G E2|G>D E<G G>AB>g|
G<G B>G A2G2:|de/f/ g>f e>d B2| d>eB>g A>G E2|
de/f/ g>f e>d B<g|G<G B>G A2 G2|de/f/ g>f e>d B2|
c>aB>g A>G E2|g>be>g d>g B<b|G<G B>G A2 G2||
|:G>BA>c B>GA>c|B>GA>F G>B, A,2|G,>B,A,>C B,>D G<B|
A>Bc>B A2 G2:|G/A/B/c/ d<g e>cB>G|c>AB>G A>G E2|
BA/B/ cB/c/ de/f/ g2|G<G B>G A2G2|G/A/B/c/ d<g e>cB>G|
ce/c/ Bd/B/ A>G E2|g>be>g d>g B<b|G<G B>G A2 G2||