Annotation:Wilt Thou be My Dearie
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WILT THOU BE MY DEARIE. Scottish, Air (2/4 or whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). The song by poet Robert Burns was printed in James Johnson's Scots Musical Museum, vol. 5 (1797,Song 470, p. 484), set to the older air "Suttor's Dochter (The)" (AKA "Cobbler's Daughter (The)" and "Dutchess of Buccleugh's Reel (The)") printed in 1761 in Edinburgh by Neil Stewart.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5), 1797; p. 53.
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