Annotation:Warld's gane o'er me now (The)
X:1
T:Warld's gane o'er me now, The
N:William Christie (1778-1849)
N:Christie was a dancing master, fiddler
N:and composer from Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire.
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
N:”Old”
N:”Communicated by J. Allardyce”
B:Christie - Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Hornpipes,
B:Waltzes &c. (Edinburgh, 1820, pp. 36-37)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
f|S{f}Te2A Tc2A BGB|eAe T(c2 B/c/) d2f|{f}e2A cac BGB|A>BA {de}Tf2e {c}d2:|
f|efa efd cBA|efa {f}edc ~d2f|efa efd cde|Tf2d edc ~d2f|
efa efd cBA|(f/e/d/e/f/^g/) aec ~d2f|efa efd cde|fdf ecA defS||
WARLD'S GANE O'ER ME NOW, THE. Scottish, Slip Jig (9/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "The Warld's gane o'er me now" is a slip jig printed in Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire, dancing master and fiddler-composer biography:William Christie's 1820 collection. Christie describes the tune as "old" and states it was communicated to him by J. Allardyce (who also "communicated" another old tune in Christie's collection, "Duncan Swine's Wife).
