Annotation:Tending the Steer with a Heavy Heart

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X:1 T:G'ioman nan Gamhnan, 's mi muladach T:Tending the Steer, with a heavy heart M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip jig B:William Gunn - The Caledonian Repository of Music B:Adapted for the Bagpipes (Glasgow, 1848, p. 43) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G e|dBB B<BA BAG|dBB Bcd efg|dBB B<BA BAG|e2A dBG AA:| e|BGB g2e fed|BGB g2e f3|BGB g2e fed|e2A ABd e3| BGB g2e fed|BGB g2e f3|def g2e fed|e2A ABd efg||

TENDING THE STEER, WITH A HEAVY HEART (G'ioman nan Gamhnan, 's mi muladach). Scottish, Pipe Slip Jig (9/8 time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The first strain is cognate with the first strain of the English "Drops of Brandy (1)" and the Irish air/slip jig "Jaunting Car for Six," but the second strains differ, although have some melodic contour similarities.

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Printed sources : - William Gunn (The Caledonian Repository of Music Adapted for the Bagpipes), Glasgow, 1848; p. 43.

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