Annotation:Jockie blyth and gay
X:1 T:Jocky blithe and Gay M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air B:James Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion Book 1 (1760, p. 2) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D F2 (GF)(ED)|TB3A B2|d2 (AF)(ED)|E3F G2|F2 (GF)(ED)| B3c d2|e>fecBc|A3B A2::(c2d2)e2|Tf3e f2| a2 (ec)(BA)|d3e d2|B2 GBeB|Tc3B A2|d2 (AF)(ED)| d3e!fermata!d2::(GF)(FE)(ED)|BABc (d2|d)(c/B/) A(G/F/) G/(E/F/D/)| E3F G2|{FG}A2 (GF)(ED)|B3c d2|(ef) TB3A|A3B A2:| |:(AB)(Bc)(cd)|d/(A/B/c/ d/e/f/)g/ (a2|a)(g/f/) e(d/c/) d/(B/c/A/)| d3 edc|BFGB eg|Tc3B A2|d2 AFED|d3e d2:| |:Dd DEFG|A^GABcA|B d2 (c/B/) A(G/F/)|(EDE)GFE|(dcd)DFG| (A^GA)Bcd|e>fedcB|A3BA2::cA(Bc)(de)|(fe)(fg) a2|(fe)(dc)(BA)| d3 edc|BGBdGe|cAceAf|gfedec|d3e d2:||:FDFA Dd| cAceAc|(dc)(BA)(GF)|(EDE)GFE|FDFA Dd|cAceAe| (fe)(dc)(Bc)|A3B A2::cAceAc|dBdfBf|(gf)(ed)(cB)| T^A3G F2|D(d/c/) dD Ee|F(f/e/) fF Gg|a2A2{d}c2|d3e d2:|]
JOCKIE BLYTH AND GAY. Scottish, Air (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The air appears in several old publications, including James Oswald's Caledonian Pocket Companion, vol. 1 (c. 1743, pp. 2-3), Francis Peacock's Fifty Favourite Scotch Airs For a Violin, German-Flute and Violoncello (London, 1762, p. 13), and Oswald's Curious Collection of Scots Tunes (1740). It was also entered into the 1782 music manuscript book of musician Jeremiah Brown (Seabrook, N.H.).