Annotation:Ye gods ye gave to me a wife

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X:1 T:Ye Gods ye gave to me a Wife M:C| L:1/8 B:David Young – “A Collection of Scotch Airs with the latest Variations” (AKA - The B:McFarlane Manuscript (c. 1741, No. 38, p. 75) F: https://rmacd.com/music/macfarlane-manuscript/collection/pdfs/ye_gods_ye_gave_to_me_a_wife.pdf N:The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland K:Gmin d|gddc BA/B/ GA|BG/A/ Bc d d2::B/c/|dB/c/ de fF2 G/A/|BG/A/ Bc dD2d| B(A/G/) AT^F G3:||:g|gddc BA/B/ GA|BG/A/ Bc d d2::B/c/|(d/c/B/c/) (d/c/d/e/) fF F(G/A/)| (B/A/G/A/) (B/A/B/c/) dD zd|gd z/d/e/d/ gd zd|B(A/G/) A^F G G,2:|]

YE GODS YE GAVE TO ME A WIFE. English, Air (cut time). G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. The melody appears in Scottish musician and dancing master David Young's MacFarlane Manuscript (c. 1740), "Written for the use of Walter Mcfarlan of that ilk."

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