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WE ARE ALL FORESAKEN FOR WANT OF SILLER. AKA - "We'r aw Forsaken for want aw Siller," "We're all forsaken for want of silver." Scottish, English; Slip Jig (9/8 time). England, Northumberland. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Matt Seattle finds a version of this tune in London publisher John Walsh's Caledonian Country Dances, and notes a resemblance to "Hey Ca' Thro'" in passages. The melody appears earliest in the Drummond Castle Manuscript' (in the possession of the Earl of Ancaster at Drummond Castle), inscribed "A Collection of Country Dances written for the use of his Grace the Duke of Perth by Dav. Young, 1734."

Source for notated version: William Vickers' 1770 music manuscript collection [1] (Northumberland) [Seattle].

Printed sources: Seattle (Great Northern/William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 321. Walsh (Caledonian Country Dances, vol. 3), 1749; No. 50. David Young (Drummond Castle/Duke of Perth Manuscript), 1734; No. 12.

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