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Theme code Index	131H1H 1H66H2H
Also known as	Oh dear Minnie what shall I do?
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	3/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	William McGibbon
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Scots Tunes Book 1
Tune and/or Page number	p. 11
Year of publication/Date of MS	1746
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Tune annotations

X:1
T:Oh Dear Mother What Shall I Do?
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Oswald - Pocket Companion, vol. III, (1760, p. 10)
K:D
D2D FAB | def d2A | dBB B2b  | baf Te2d | 
D2D DAB | def d2A | B3 AFA | B/c/dF TE2C :|
|: f/g/aa a2d | baf Te2d | fbb b2d' | baf Te2d | 
f/g/ad afd | baf efd | TB3 AFA | B/c/dF TE2D :|]

X:2
T:Oh Dear Mother What Shall I Do?
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Johnson - Scots Musical Museum (No. 236)
K:D
D3ED2 | F2A2B2 | d2f2e2 | d2B2A2 | d2B2d2 | B4b2 | 
b2a2g2 | f2e2d2 | F2E2D2 | F2A2B2 | d2f2e2 | d2B2A2 | 
B2d2B2 | A2F2A2 | B2d2F2 | E4C2 ||d2a2a2 | a3fa2 | 
b2a2f2 | e4d2 | f2b2b2 | b4a2 | a2g2f2 | e4d2 | d2a2a2 | 
a2f2a2 | b2a2f2 | e4d2 | B2d2B2 | A2F2A2 | B2d2F2 | E4D2 ||

X:3
T:Untitled
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Bayard"A Miscellany of Tune Notes," Studies in Folklore (p. 169)
N:Collected in Pennsylvania in 1930's
K:D
A, |: D2F A2c | def d2A | dcB A^GA | baf {g}fed | 
D2FA2c | def d2A | dcB A^GA | {c}BAF E2F :|
|: D2a a^ga | baf {g}fef | dfa a2c | def e2f | 
dfa a^ga | baf ede | dcB A^GA | BAF E2F :|]

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