Annotation:There's three good fellows down in yon glen
X:1 T:There’s three good fellows ayont yon Glen M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Brisk" S:McGibbon – Scots Tunes, book II, pp. 50-51 (c. 1746) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amin c | A3 EAB c2d | G3 EGB d2e | cBA EAB cec | dc(B B)e^G A2 :| |: e | a2A c2e (c'ba) | b2d B2d gbg | (c'ba) gfe dcB | cBA ^GeE A2 :| |: e | c2A E2A c2A | B2D G2d g2b | e2E cde (abc') | bc'a e(a^g) A2 :| |: a | (c'ba) (eac') (eac') | (bag) dgb dgb | (c'ba) eag fed | cBA E(a^g) a2 :| |: c | AcA E2A cBA | GBG D2G BAG | AcA E(AB) (cd)e | (dcB) e2E A2 :| |: a | (c'/b/a/b/c') (e/d/c/d/e) A2a | b/(a/g/a/b) (d/c/B/c/d) G2B | (e/d/c/d/)e (c'/b/a/b/c') (e/d/c/d/e) | (c/d/c/B/)A Ea^g a2 :: c/d/ | (e/d/c/B/A) (e/d/c/B/A) Tc2 B/c/ | (d/c/B/A/G) (d/c/B/A/G) (B>A^G/^F/) | E(A/^G/A) E(c/B/c) A>cB/A/ | B2f e2^G A2 :: e | Ace a2A c2e | GBd g2B d2g | ceg c'2e d2b | c2a B2^g a2 :: E | (A/B/c/d/e) (A/B/c/d/e) cBA | (G/A/B/c/d) (G/A/B/c/d) BAG | Ac(e e)c(a a)e(c' | c')ba ea^g A2 :: e | (a/b/c')a e2a (c'ba) | (g/a/b)g d2g bag | (a/b/c')a (ea)e (ce)c | dc(B B)eE A2 :| |: c/d/ | (e/d/c/B/A) EAc EAc | (d/c/B/A/G) DGB DGB | cBA a2g f2e | dc(B B)eE A2 :| |: a | c'b(a a)ea c'ba | ba(g g)dg bag | c'ba eae dbd | cac Ea^g a2 :|]
THREE GOOD FELLOWS DOWN IN YON GLEN. AKA - "There's Three Guid Fellows ayont yon Glen." AKA and see “Three Gude Men.” Scottish, Brisk or Slow Air (9/8 time). G Minor (Gow, Mulhollan): G Dorian (Johnson): A Dorian (Kerr, McGibbon): A Mixolydian (Martin). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Carlin): AABBCC (Kerr): AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJKKLL (Johnson, McGibbon, Mulhollan). A note in Gow (1809) asserts this tune was a particular favorite of famous Perthshire fiddler-composer Niel Gow (1727-1807). Seattle thinks this may be the same tune as "Three Brave Fellows." Johnson's version was set by William McGibbon and is closely based on Disblair's version (in the 1740 McFarlane Manuscript., vol. ii, no. 42). The tune follows a truncated form of the passamezzo antico chord progression, remarks David Johnson, although nothing is known about the tune. James Hogg, in his Jacobite Relics (1819) prints words to the tune, beginning:
There’s three true good fellows, Three brave loyal fellows, There’s three true good fellows, Down ayony you glen.