Coming Through the Broom My Jo
COMING THROUGH THE BROOM MY JO. AKA and see "Lord Haddo's Favorite," "What ye wha I met yestreen." Scottish, Air or Strathspey. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of the tune in Robert Bremner's 1757 collection (p. 25). It also appears in James Oswald's Caledonian Pocket Companion of 1760.
Printed sources: Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Music), vol. 1, 1891; p. 23. O'Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. IV), 1810; p. 106.
X:1
T:Coming Throw the Broom My Jo
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Glen Collection, vol. 1 (1891)
K:Ador
A | A/A/A BA cd e2 | dBgB A>GEA | G/G/G BA GA B2 | D2 EG B>AA :|
|:f/g/ | a>bag ab a2 | gabg aeef |g>age dega | g/f/e/f/ gd B>AA :|
X:2 T:Coming thro' the Broom my Jo M:C L:1/8 R:Air S:O'Farrell - Pocket Companion, vol. IV (1810) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Amin G2 | E2A2A2G2 | A2B2 {B}e4 | d3e g2B2 | A2G2 E4 | G3A {GA}B2A2 | G2A2 {GA}B4 | D4 EDEG | {GA}B2A2A2 :| |: e | a3ba2e2 | a3ba2e2 | g3ab2a2 | !trill!g2e2d2 e^f | g2e2g2B2 | d2e2{e}g4 | !trill!e4 d2B2 | B2A2A2 :||