Annotation:She's Fair and Fause

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X:1 T:She’s Fair and Fause L:1/8 M:6/8 S:Gow – 3rd Repository (1806) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Emin G/A/|B>cB {B}A2G|~F>GE {E}^D2B,|E>FG (A<F)^D|(E3 E2) G/A/| B>cB {B}A2G|~F>GE ^D2B,|~E>FG A<F^D|(E3E2):| |:G/A/|B2g (gf)e|(dB)e d2B|G>AG (dc)B|A>BG {G}F2D| G>FG A>GA|B2E {E}^D2B,|E>FG (A<F)^D|(E3E2):|]

SHE'S FAIR AND FAUSE. AKA - "She's Fair and Fancy," "She's as false as she's fair." Scottish, Slow Jig (6/8 time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears in O’Neill’s Music of Ireland (No. 513) as “She's as false as she's fair.”

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Printed sources : - Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No. 373 (appears as “She's Fair and Fancy”). Edinburgh Repository of Music, vol. 2, 1825; p. 2. Gow (Complete Repository, Part 3), 1806; p. 9.

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