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Theme code Index
4465 3576
Also known as
Old Woman in the Glen (1) (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region
Scotland
Genre/Style
Scottish
Meter/Rhythm
Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of
F
Accidental
1 flat
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
4/4
History
Structure
AB
Editor/Compiler
Elias Howe
Book/Manuscript title
Book:1000 Jigs and Reels
Tune and/or Page number
p. 125
Year of publication/Date of MS
c. 1867
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score ( )
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X:1
T:Barbara Allan [1]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Slow”
B:Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 2 (1760, p. 27)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
B2|e2 (ef) {ef}g2 (fe)|(de)(fg) {fg}a2 (gf)|e3f (gf)(ed)|B2e4:|
d2|B2d2A2 (BA)|G3A B2 (ed)|B3A G3A|B2 e4:|]
X:2
T:Barbara Allen [1]
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Howe - 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:F
FF | B2 B>c d2 cB | A2 c>d e2 dc | B2 Bc dcBA | (F2A4) ||
A2 | (F2A2) (E2FE) | (D3EF2) (BA) | F3E D3E | (F2 B4) ||