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Theme code Index	1H1H1H1H 2265
Also known as	I wish my love were in a mire
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	4/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	William McGibbon
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Scots Tunes Book 3
Tune and/or Page number	p. 84
Year of publication/Date of MS	1762
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T:I wish my Love were in a myre
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air 
Q:"Slow"
S:McGibbon – Scots Tunes, book III, p. 84  (1762)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
(A/B/c) | d2 (d/e/f) d3F |T(E>DE)F B2 (AB) | d2A2 d>efe | d2 T(c>B) B2 (fe) | d2 (de/f) d3F | 
(E>DE)F B2 (Bc/d/) | A>BAF (GF) T(ED) | d2 T(c>B) B2 :|
|:T(f>e) | d2 (A>B) A2 T(fe) | d>e (d/e/)(d/B/) A2 (de/f/) | g3b (af) T(ed) | g2 T(f>e) e2fg | 
afdf a3F | T(E>DE)F B3d |A>BAF (GF) T(ED) | d2 T(c>B) B2 :||

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T:I wish my Love were in a Myre
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
Q:"Slow"
B:Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 6 (1760, p. 9)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Dmix
A>B|d2 Tf>e d3F|T(ED)(EF) B2 A>B|d2 A>B d>ef>e|
d2 B>c B2 A>B|d2 {de} f>e {e}d3F|T(ED)(EF) B3d|
A>BAF (GF)(ED)|d2 T^c>B B2::Tf>e|d2 (A>B) A2 Tf>e|
d>edB A3f|gfgb a(g/f/) Te2|{ef}g2 f>e e2 f>g|
(a/g/f/e/) (d/e/f/g/) {fg}a3F|(G/F/E/D/) E(F/A/) {A}B3d|
A(d/^c/) (B/A/G/F/) EF/G/ TED|d2 (B>c) B2 :|]

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T:I wish my love were in a mire
M:C
L:1/8
S:James Ballantine's music manuscript collection (1770, Peeblesshire)
F:http://www.airdrieguitar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/graupius/downloads/ball.abc
K:D
d2 d/e/f d3 F | E>DEF B2 AB | d2 A2 de>fe | d2 dc TB2 fe |
d2 d/e/f d3 F | E/D/E B2 Bc/d/ | A>BAF GFED | d2 cB TB2 :|
Tfe |\
d2 A>B A2 Tfe | dedB A2 | de/f/ g3 a | afed g2 f>e |
e2 fg afdf | a3 FEDEF | B3 d A.BAF | GFED d2 {c}TB2 B2 :|

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T:I wish my Love were in the mire
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
Q:"Andante affetuoso"
S:John Rook music manuscript collection (1840, p. 39)
N:Rook was a multi-instrumentalist from Waverton, near Wigton, Cumbria
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
(A/B/c)|d2 f>e d3F|E>DEF B2 A/B/c|d2 A2 d>efe|d2 c>B B2 f>e|
d2f2 d3F|E>DEF B3d|A>BAF GFED|d2 c>B B2:|
|:f>e|d2 A>B A2 f>e|d>edB A2 d/e/f|g3 b a<f ed|g2 f>e e2 f>g|
afdf a3F|EDEF B3d|A>BAF GFED|d2 c>B B2:|]

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