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Theme code Index	11H1H1 11H2H2
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	F
Accidental	1 flat
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Alexander Reinagle
Book/Manuscript title	Book:A Collection of the Most Favorite Scots Tunes
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS	1782
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
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Tune annotations

X:1
T:New Year's Day
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Country Dance 
B:James Aird - Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (Glasgow, 1788, No. 446, p. 173)
N:"Humbly dedicated to the Volunteers and Defensive Bands of Great Britain and Ireland"
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:F
A|FGA fgf|fFF F2A|(FGF) (fgf)|gGG G2A|
FGF fgf fcb{b}a2g|fed cAf|cADF F2:|
|:A|(cdc) (ABA)|cdc A2d|cdc fga|gGG G2A|
(cdc) (ABA)|c2b {b}a2g|fed cAf|cAF F2:|]

X:2
T:New Years Day [1]
S:Petrie's Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c.
Z:Steve Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>, 6/5/04
N:Petrie's Second Collection, page 5
% Gore's Index gives earliest publication as Alexander Reinagle's
% "A Coll. Of the Most Fav. Scots Tunes" 1782
L:1/8
M:6/8
R:Jig
K:F
A|FGF fgf|fFF F2A|FGF f>ga|gGG G2A|
FGF fgf|c2b a2g|fed cAf |cAF F2::A|
cdc AcA|cdc A2d|cdc fga |gGG G2A|
%Petrie shows the last note in the last measure above as a 1/4 note -SW
cdc AcA|c2b a2g|fed cAf |cAF F2:|]

X:3
T:New Year's Day [1]
S:Gow's Complete Repository, c.1810
Z:Transcribed by Nigel Gatherer
N:Transposed from F; 1st bar
N:changed from d/e/fe to dfe
M:6/8 jig
K:D
L:1/8
F|D>ED dfe|dDD D2 F|D>ED d>ef|eEE E2 F|
DEF dcB|A2 g f2 e|d>cB AFd|AFD D2:|
|:F/G/|A>BA FAF|ABA F2 G|ABc d>ef|eEE E2 F|
A>BA FAF|A2 g f2 e|dcB AFd|AFD D2:|]

X:4
T:Newyears Day [1]
B:Alexander Mackintosh - A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs etc. (n.d.)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
R:Jig
M:6/8 
K:F
A|FGF fgf|fFF F2G|F2f fga|gGG G2A|
FGF fgf|c2b a2g|fed cAf|cAF F2:|
|:A/B/|cdc ABA|cdc A2B|cde fga|gGG G2A|
cdc ABA|c2b a2g|fed cAf|cAF F2:|]

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