X:1
T:Scottish Lovers, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
Q:"Mod."
B:Joyce - Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909, No. 769, p. 377)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
DEG GFG|A2A AGA|B>cB BAG|A>BA AGF|
G3 E2D|DEG G3:|Bcd ded|{cd}e2e edc|
Bcd ded|efg BAG|ccg BBg|A2A AGA|
B>cB BAG|ABA AGF|G3 E2D|DEG G3||
SCOTTISH LOVERS, THE. AKA and see "Black Joke (1) (The)." Irish, Air (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The air is a version of the vernerable English dance and stage melody "Black Joke (1) (The)."
Additional notes
Source for notated version: - "from an old MS. written before 1770, belonging to Mr. T.S. Head" of Cork (Joyce).
Printed sources : - Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 769, p. 377.
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