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Theme code Index	551H 661H
Also known as	Anna Thy Charms My Bosom Fire, Bonnie Mary
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	3/4
History	ENGLAND(North West)
Structure	AABBCCDDEE
Editor/Compiler	Biography:James Oswald
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Caledonian Pocket Companion (The)
Tune and/or Page number	p. 24
Year of publication/Date of MS	1760
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BONNY MARY. AKA and see "Anna thy charms my bosom fire." Scottish, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDDEE. The air, originally by James Oswald, was used as the vehicle for lyrics by Robert Burns. The tune demonstrates one of the characteristics of Scottish music, the alteration of the major with its relative minor (Emmerson, 1971). The melody appears in the 1840 music manuscript collection of John Rook, of the Wigton, Cumbria, area.

Printed source: Oswald (Caledonian Pocket Companion), 1760, vol. 1; p. 24

X:1
T:Bonnie Mary [1]
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:John Rook manuscript (Cumbria, 1840)
K:G
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|:g3 aba|g2d2d2|gfgabc' b2a2b2|g2 gaba|g2d2d2|gfgabg|e4 d2:|
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