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X:1 T:Small is my inclination to Sleep T:’S beag mo shunnd ris a’ chadal M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Slow Air S:Fraser Collection (1816) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Emin g>a|b2 b2 a>g|f2 dz g>f|e2d2e2|G2Ez d>e|g2 ez B>A| e2 d2 B>A|G3 z||G>A|B2B2 B>A|B2 ez d>c|B2G2 A>G| F2Ez e>f|g2 g2 f>e|e2 B2 B>^A|B3z||G>A|B2 B2 B>A| B2ez d>c|B2 G2 A>G|F2Ez g>a|b2b2a>g|b2g2 f>e|e3 z||

SMALL IS MY INCLINATION TO SLEEP. AKA - "'S beag mo shunnd ris a' chadal". Scottish, Slow Air (3/4 time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC. "The words to this air are to be found in most compilations of Gaelic songs; the melody, as sung by the editor's father, is highly worthy of English words" (Fraser).

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Printed sources : - Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1816; No. 75, p. 27.

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