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Theme code Index	5311H 5324
Also known as	Dick Sullivan's Favorite, Old Woman's Song (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland, Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	ABAC, AABBCC, AABBCCDD
Editor/Compiler	Robert Ross
Book/Manuscript title	Book:A Choice Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances & Strathspeys etc.
Tune and/or Page number	p. 13
Year of publication/Date of MS	1780
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Tune annotations

X:1
T:Light and Airy [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Robert Ross – Choice Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances 
B:& Strathspeys (Edinburgh, 1780, p. 13)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
c3 AcA|FAc fcA|c3 AcA|G2A B2d|
c3 AcA|FAc fcA|BgB AfA|G2A B2d:|
|:(f>g)f fcA|(f>g)f fag|(f>g)f fcA|G2A B2d|
faf gbg|faf ege|fed cBA|G2A B2d:|
|:cAF (.F2.A)|cAF Acf|cAF (.F2.A)|G2A B2d|
cAF FAc|fed cBA|BgB AfA|G2A B2d:|]

X:1
T:Light and Airy [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Neil Gow & Sons Complete Repository, Edinburgh 1805
Z:Paul Kinder
K:G
d3 BdB|GBd gdB|d3 BdB|A2 B c2 e|
d3 BdB|GBd gdB|cac BgB|A2 B c2 e:|
|:gag gdB|gag gba|gag gdB|A2 B c2 e|
gbg ac'a|gbg faf|g>fe d>cB|A2 B c2 e:|
|:dBG G2 B|dBG Bdg|dBG G2 B|A2 B c2 e|
dBG GBd|g>fe dcB|cac BgB|A2 B c2 e:||

X:2
T:Light and Arie  [1]
S:Petrie's Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c.
Z:Steve Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>, 6/11/04
N:Petrie's Second Collection, page 19
% Gore's Index gives earliest publication as John Hamilton's
% "A Choice Coll of Scots Reels, or C.C. & Str."  N.D.; Petrie's may be older
L:1/8
M:6/8
R:Jig
K:F
d|:c3  AcA|FAc fcA|c3  AcA|G2A B2d|
c3 AcA|FAc fcA|BgB AfA|G2A B2d:|
|:fgf fcA|fgf fag|fgf fcA|G2A B2d|
faf gbg|faf ege|fed cBA|G2A B2d:|
|:cAF FAF|cAF Acf|cAF FAF|G2A B2d|
cAF FAc|fed cBA|BgB AfA|G2A B2d:|
|:fgf fcA|fgf fag|fgf fcA|G2A B2d|
faf gbg|faf ege|fdf cAF|G2A B2d:||

X:1
T:Light and Airy [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
M:AABBAACC order
B:A Companion to the reticule (1833, p. 11)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:F
Tc3 AcA|FAc acA|Tc3 AcA|TG2A TB2d|
Tc3 AcA|FAc fcA|BgB AfA|TG2A TB2d||
Tf>gf fcA|fgf fag|Tf>gf fcA|TG2A TB2d|
faf gbg|faf ege|Tf>ed Tc>BA|TG2A TB2dO||
cAF TF2A|cAF Acf|cAF TF2A|TG2A TB2d|
cAF FAc|Tf>ed cB>A|BgB AfA|TG2A TB2d!Fine!||

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