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OH! LASSIE, ART THOU SLEEPING YET. AKA and see "Lassie Art Thou Sleeping Yet," "Stone Barn (The)" (Pa.), "Scotch Lassie (The)," "Muckin' o' Geordie's Byre." Scottish, Air and Jig. C Major (Hardings, Howe): D Major (Bayard, Kerr, Sweet). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Bayard (1981) states the tune dates from the 18th century (around 1760 or earlier), and has been a favorite of fiddler and especially fifers (becoming a "standard tune of martial bands" in the Eastern United States). The title is Robert Burns', whose lyric was given final form in 1795, though Burns took the tune from a traditional air which was variously called "The Lea Rig" or "My Ain Kind Deary O." There are both quick 6/8 versions and slower 4/4 songs fashioned from the basic tune. "The Lea Rig" appears in 18th century collections by Oswald and Aird, while "My Ain Kind Deary O" appears in Bremner, Johnson, and Walsh. An American variant of the tune can be found in Bayard (1944), No. 63, listed as "Quadrille." The tune may belong to a larger tune family, asserts Bayard, including the Irish "Christmas Eve [1]," "Our President," "Here's a Health to Our Leader," and "The Fearless Boys;" and all may have developed from "some still more remote original single air" (pg. 61). Sources for notated versions: six southwestern Pa. fiddlers and fifers [Bayard, 1981]. American Veteran Fifer, 1927; No. 60. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 602A-F, pp. 530-532. Hardings All-Round, 1905; No. 130, p. 41. Howe (Complete Preceptor for the Accordeon), 1843; p. 11. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 2), c. 1880’s; No. 313, p. 34. Sweet (Fifer's Delight), 1965/1981; p. 27.

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