Annotation:To the Weaver gin ye go

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X:1 T:To the Weaver Gin Ye Go M:2/4 L:1/16 S:Aird - Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs vol. II (1785) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G (ge) | (d2B2 B2)(AG) | B2(A2 A2)(ge) | d2B2 B3A | B6 (ge) | d2(B2 B2)(AG) | B2(A2 A3)B | dB3 B3A | B6 :| |: A2 | d3e(f2g2) | a3ba2A2 | d2e2f2g2 | a6 (ba) | g2e2 f2(ed) | e3fg2a2 | b2B2 BcBA | B6 :|


TO THE WEAVER GIN YE GO. AKA - "Tae the weavers gin ye gang," "To the weaver's gin ye go." Scottish, Air and Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB. The melody also appears in the large music manuscript collection of musician John Rook (Waverton, near Wigton, Cumbria, 1840-1841).


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Printed sources : - Aird (Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 2), c. 1786; p.6, No. 16. Johnson (The Scots Musical Museum, vol. 2), 1788; No. 103, p. 106.

Recorded sources : - Green Linnet SIF 3101, "Tannahill Weavers" (1982).

See also listing at :
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]

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