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LAST TIME I WENT O'ER THE MOOR. AKA – "The last time I came o'er the Moor." AKA and see "Hither Dear Husband Turn Your Eyes." Scottish, Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Kidson (1922) identifies the air as an early Scottish tune. A song was set to a melody by William Thompson, the editor of Orpheus Caledonius (1725–1726), which was parodied in John Gay's Beggar's Opera of 1729 (Air LI, Act III, scene IV).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Davidson (Gems/Collection of Scottish Melody), c. 1860; p. 15. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 149. Manson (Hamilton's Universal Tune-Book, vol. 1), 1844; p. 9. McGibbon (Collection of Scots Tunes, vol. 3), 1762; p. 80. Mulhollan (Selection of Irish and Scots Tunes), Edinburgh, 1804; p. 5. Oswald (Caledonian Pocket Companion, vol. 2), 1760; p. 24. Thumoth (12 Scotch and 12 Irish Airs), 1742; No. 8, pp. 36–37.

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