Annotation:Sleepy Bodie

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X:2 T:Sleepy Body M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:McGibbon – Scots Tunes, book III, p. 62 (1762) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A A | ce2 caf | Te>dc Bcd | (c/d/)ef caf | {f}Te3A2 :| |: (f/g/) | a>gf edc | d(e/d/c/d/) B2 f/g/ | a>gf e<ce | a3 e2f/g/ | a>gf edc | d(e/d/c/d/) {c}TB2A | (c/d/e)f caf | Te3A2 :| |: A | ce2 c/(e/f/g/a/)f/ | e/f/e/d/c/d/ (Bc)d | (c/d/e)f c/(e/f/g/a/)f/ | {f}Te3A2 :| |: (f/g/) | a>gf ef/g/a/c/ | d/f/e/d/c/d/ B>ef/g/ | (a/b/a/g/)(a/f/) ec/d/e/c/ | Ta3 e2f/g/ | (a/b/a/)g/a/f/ (e/d/e/)(c/d/e/) | d/(f/e/d/)c/d/ {c}TB2A | c/B/c/d/e/f/ caf | {f}Te3A2 :|

SLEEPY BODIE. Scottish, Jig (6/8 time). F Major (Gow): A Major (McGibbon). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Gow): AABBCCDD (McGibbon). See also Annotation:Merry Ploughman (The) for more.

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Printed sources : - Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 377. Gow (Complete Repository, Part 3), 1806; p. 6. McGibbon (Scots Tunes, book III), 1762; p. 62.

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