Bessie's Haggis

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Theme code Index	1315 6422
Also known as	Bessy Haggice, Bessy's beauties shine sae bright, Bonny Bessy
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Country Dance
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABBCCDDEE
Editor/Compiler	William McGibbon
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Scots Tunes Book 2
Tune and/or Page number	p. 32
Year of publication/Date of MS	c. 1746
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Score ()

X:1
T:Bessy Haggice
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B:John Walsh - Caledonian Country Dances (c. 1745, p. 40)
N:Published in several volumes and different editions, 1731-c. 1745)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
A,2D2D2 (FA)|(BA)(GF) E3A|D2F2 D2A2|(Bc)(dA) F2A2|
B2d2 (FG)(AF)|(BA)(GF) E3A|D2 F2A2 de|f2 D2F2A2:|
|:D2A2d2 (cB)|e2E2E2 (FE)|D2A2 d2(cB)|c2(BA) d3e|
(fd)(ec) (dB)(cA)|(BF)(GA) E3F|(DE)(FG) (AB)(cA)|d2 D2 F2A2:|]

X:2
T:Bessie's Haggies
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:"Slow"
S:McGibbon - Scots Tunes, Book II, p. 32 (c. 1746)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
D2 F>E D2A2 | (BA)(GF) TE3F |D2 FE D2A2|(B>cd)A !trill!F2A2 |
B2d2F2A2| (BA)(GF) !trill!E3F |D2F2A2(de)|f2D2!trill!F2A2:|
|:D2A2 (d2!trill!cB)|(c>d) (c/d/e) E3F| D2A2d2(de)|{d}c2 (BA)d3e|
(fd)(ec) (dB)(cA)|(BF)(GA) !trill!E2F|(DE)(FG) (ABc)A | (d>ef)D !trill!F2A2:|
|:d2dd (d/e/f/g/ a)d|(ba)!trill!(gf){f}e3e|fdAd (F/E/F/G/A)F| (B/A/B/c/) (B/c/d/A/) FGAF|
(B/A/B/c/) (B/c/d/A/) (F/E/F/G/) (F/G/A/F/)| BA(G/F/)(d/F/) {F}!trill!E3F|D(D/E/) F(F/G/) A/(c/B/A/) de|{e}f2D2!trill!F2A2:|
|: DDFA d2 !trill!(cB)|c>d (c/d/e) E3F| D(D/E/ F/D/F/A/)|{d}c2 !trill!(BA) (dc)(de) |
(f/d/)!trill!(d/>c/2d/4) (e/c/)!trill!(c/>B/2c/4) (d/B/!trill!B/>A/2B/4) (c/A/!trill!A/>G/2A/4)|(B/F/!trill!F/>E/2F/4(G/4F/4G/4A/4G/F/) {F}!trill!E3F| D/(F/E/)(G/ F/)(A/G/)(B/ A/)(c/B/)(d/ c/)A/B/c/|(d/c/d/)e/ (d/e/f/)D !trill!F2A2 :||

BESSIE'S HAGGIES. AKA - "Bessy Haggice," "Bessy's beauties shine sae bright." Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time) or Country Dance Tune. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Walsh): AABBCCDDEE (McGibbon). "Bessy's Haggice" was a song in John Watt's ballad opera The Highland Fair, or the Union of the Clans, staged in London in 1731. The song appears in Thomson's Orpheus Caledoneus (1733) twice, as both "Bessy's Haggice" and "Bessy's beauties shine sae bright.." and was included in Johnson's Scots Musical Museum (1787, vol. 1, p. 31) under the latter title. "Bessy's Haggis" appears in Hogg's Jacobite Relics 2nd Series, p. 191 (1821). Allen Ramsey printed a song set to the tune in his Tea Table Miscellany called "Bonny Bessy," which begins:

Bessy's beauties shine sae bright,
Were her many virtues fewer,
She wad ever gie delight,
And in transport make me view her.
Bonny Bessie, thee alane
Love I, naething else about thee;
With thy comeliness I'm tane
And langer canna live without thee.

Printed source: McGibbon (Scots Tunes, Book II), c. 1746; p. 32. Walsh (Caledonian Country Dances), c. 1745; p. 40.

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