Coming Through the Broom My Jo

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 Theme code Index    123b5 47b15L
 Also known as    Lord Haddo's Favorite, What Ye Wha I Met Yestreen
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Strathspey
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Dorian
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:O'Farrell
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Pocket Companion vol. 4
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 106
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1810
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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 :||