Burns Farewell

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Theme code Index	3b117bL 3b543
Also known as	Burns' Farewell to Ayrshire, Parting Glass (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland, Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Elias Howe
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Complete Preceptor for the Accordeon
Tune and/or Page number	p. 4
Year of publication/Date of MS	1843
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BURN'S FAREWELL (TO AYRSHIRE). AKA and see "The Parting Glass." Irish (?), Air (4/4 time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title refers to the Scots poet Robert Burns, who wrote his song "The Parting Glass" to the tune.

Source for notated version: J. Kennedy [O'Neill].

Printed source: Colclough (Tutor for the Irish Union Pipes), c. 1830; p. 19. Howe (Complete Preceptor for the Accordeon), 1843; p. 4. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 146. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 269, p. 47. X:1 T:Burn's Farewell M:4/4 L:1/8 R:Air N:"Moderate" S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No, 269 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Amin ed | c2A2A2 GE | c2e2d2 ^cd | e2e2 d2 ^cd | e2G2G2 ed | c2A2A2 GE | c2e2d2^cd | e2a2 gede | c2A2A2 :: e^f | g2a2g2 ^fg | a2g2g2 ag | =f2e2d2 ^cd | e2G2G2 ed | c2A2A2 GE | c2e2d2 ^cd | e2a2 gede | c2A2A2 :||

X:2
T:Burns' Farewell to Ayrshire
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Howe - Complete Preceptor for the Accordeon (1843)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Amin
ed | c2 A2 A2 GA | c2c2d2 cd | e2e2 efed | c2A2A2 :|
|: ef | g2g2g2 fe | a2g2g2 fe | f2e2d2c2 | g2G2G2 ed | 
c2A2 A2 GA | c2c2 d2 cd | e2e2 efed | c2A2A2 :||