Argyle is My Name

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Theme code Index	1H1H3H2H 3H3H51H
Also known as	Argyll is My Name, Bannocks o' Barley Meal (1)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:James S. Kerr
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Merry Melodies vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number	No. 15, p. 32
Year of publication/Date of MS	1875?
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ARGYLE IS MY NAME. AKA and see "Bannocks o' Barley Meal (1)," "Kinnegad Slashers." Scottish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The name Argyll derives from the Gaelic ‘Airer Gaedel’, or ‘coast of the Gaels,’ and refers to the area of Scotland first invaded by the Irish tribes in the 5th century. "Argyle is My Name" is the name of a song in Johnson's Scots Musical Museum, vol. 6 (Edinburgh, 1803, p. 578-579). The melody also appears in the early 19th century music manuscript collection of Aberdeen musician William Mackie, a player of the Great Highland Bagpipes and Scottish small-pipes. Sections of his ms. also appear to be set for flute and/or fiddle. The song is popularly attributed to John, Duke of Argyll and Greenwich, and begins:

Argyll is my name and you may think it strange,
To live at a court and never to change
Falsehood and flattery I do disdain,
In my secret thoughts nae guile does remain.

The song has the burden (which gives it an alternate title):

Wi' my claymore hinging down to my heel,
To whang at the bannocks o' barley meal."

Printed source: Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 15, p. 32.

X:1
T:Argyle is My Name
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 1, No. 15  (c. 1875?)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A|d>ed dcd|fee e2g|f>ed (f<a)A|ABc dfe|d>ed dcd|
fee e2g|f>ed (f<a)A|ABc d2::a|afd dfa|agf g2b|
afd dfa|agf eef|g>ag g>ag|A>BA g>ag|fed (f<a)A|ABc d2:||

X:2
T:Argyle is My Name -- A jigg
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:William Mackie ms. collection (Aberdeen, early 19th century)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D|DGG GFG|BAA A2B|B>AG B<dB|DEF G2D|
DGG {A}GFG|BAA A2{c}c|B>AG BdB|DEF G2||
d|(dB).G (GB).d|{e}dcB c2e|(dB).G (GB).d|{e]dcB A2B|
c>dc c>dc|DED c2 d/c/B>AG (B<d).D|DEF G2||