Annotation:Last time I came o'er the Moor (The)

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LAST TIME I WENT O'ER THE MOOR. AKA - "The last time I came o'er the Moor." AKA and see "Hither Dear Husband Turn Your Eyes." Scottish, Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Kidson (1922) identifies the air as an early Scottish tune. A song set the melody appears in Orpheus Caledonius (1725-6), which was parodied in John Gay's Beggar's Opera of 1729.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: G.H. Davidson (Davidson's Gems of Scottish Melody), n.d.; p. 15 (1830's?). Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867), p. 149. McGibbon (Scots Tunes, book III), 1762; p. 80. Thumoth (Twelve Scotch and Twelve Irish Airs with Variations), 1742; No. 8, pp. 36-37.

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