Bonny Lass to Marry Me (A)

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Theme code Index	1323 5L326L
Also known as	Bonny Lass to Me (A)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Robert Bremner
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Collection of Scots Reels (A)
Tune and/or Page number	p. 24
Year of publication/Date of MS	1757
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Title of recording
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Bonny Lass to Marry Me (A): Annotations

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T:Bonny Lass to Marry Me,--I suppose.
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Air
Q:"Brisk"
B:James Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 4 (1760, p. 21)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G2 BG AGBG|D2 BG AGEA|G2 BG cBAc|BAGE ED D2:|
|:dedB AGAB|dgdB AG E2|d(e/f/ g)B TAGAB|GAGE ED D2:|
|:GGBG AGBG|DDBG AGEA|GGBG dBAB|GAGE ED D2:|
|:dgBg dgBg|egGB AB E2|dgBg egAB|GAGE ED D2:|
|:g2 bg agbg|d2 bg agea|gbag ed Bg|GAGE ED D2:|
|:TedBg TedBg|TedBG AB E2|edBg TedBA|GAGE ED D2:|]

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T:Bonny Lass to Marry Me, A
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Aird - Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. II (1785, No. 23, p. 9)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
D | G2 BG AGBG | DGBG AGEA | G2 BG cBAB | GAGE D/D/D D :|
|: e | dgdB AGAB | dgBg AG E2 | de/f/ gB AGAB | GAGE D/D/D D :||

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T:Bonny Lass to Marry Me, A
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:John Rook music manuscript collection (Waverly, Cumbria, 1840, p. 44)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
DGBG dGBG|DGBG EA A2|DGBG dGBg|dcBA BG G2:|
|:dg g2 dgbg|agbg ea a2|dg g2 dgbg|1 agbg dg g2:|2 dcBA BG G2||

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T:Bonny Lass to Marry Me, A
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:William Sydney Mount (1807-1868) manuscripts, c. 1840's?
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G 
D | G2 BG AGBG | D2 BG AGEA | G/G/G BG cBAB | GBGE D/D/D D2 :|
|: dgdB TA>GAB | dgBg TA>G E2 | (de/f/g)B TA>GAB | GBGE ED D2 :||

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T:Bonny Lass to Me, A
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:Goodman obtained the tune from 19th century bookseller 
N:John O'Daly's manuscript.
S:Rev. James Goodman music manuscript collection (vol. 2, p. 149)
N:Canon Goodman was a uilleann piper and cleric who collected primarily
N:in County Cork from a variety of sources in the mid-19th century
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
D|GGBG AGBG|DGBG AG E2|GGBG cBAB|GAGE ED D2:|
|:dedB AGAB|dgBg AG E2|de/f/ gB AGAB|GAGE ED D2:|]

Bonny Lass to Marry Me (A): Annotations