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Theme code Index	13b57b 3b7b47bL
Also known as	Moorland Willie, Northern Lass (1) (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	2 flats
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Thomson
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Orpheus Caledonius
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS	1725
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Title of recording
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Year recorded
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Tune annotations

X:1
T:Muirland Willie
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B:John Walsh - Caledonian Country Dances (c. 1745, p. 58)
N:Published in London in several volumes and editions 1731-c. 1745
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Gmin
G|G2A B2c|d2e f2d|B2B f2d|(cAc) F2F|
G2A B2c|ded b2a|gfe d=e^f|g3-g2:|
|:g|g2a b2g|fd f2d|BcB g2d|cAc F3 G/F/|
G>AG B2c|d>ed b2a|gfe d=e^f|g3-g2:|]

X:1
T:Moorland Willie
M:6/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:McGibbon - Scots Tunes, book II, p. 54  (c. 1746)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Gmin
D2 | G4A2 B4c2 | d2e2d2 f4d2 | B4B2 f4(ed) | "tr"c4B2 "tr"A4 (G^F) | G3A G2B4c2 | 
(d2c2)d2b4a2 | "tr"(g3^fg2) d2g2^f2 | (g6 g4) :: d2 | g4a2b4g2 | f4d2f4d2 | B3cB2f4(ed) | 
"tr"c4B2"tr"A4(G^F) | G4G2B4c2 | d3ed2b4a2 | "tr"(g2^f2)g2d2g2^f2 | (g6g4) :|]

X:2
T:Muirland Willie
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:William Vickers' music manuscript collection (Northumberland, 1770)
K:G
G|G2A B2c|d2e f2d|B2B f2d|cAc F2F|
G2A B2c|ded b2a|gfe d=e=f|(g3 g2):|
|:g|g2a b2g|f2d f2d|BcB g2d|cAc F2G/F/|
G>AG B2c|d>ed b2a|gfe d=e=f=|g3 g2:|]

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