Annotation:Maggie gae back an' tak' up your Scullie
X:1 T:Maggie gae back an’ tak’ up your Scullie N:”Old” N:Christie was a dancing master, fiddler N:and composer from Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire. M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air or March Q:"Slowly and distinctly." N:”Communicated by Mr. Jaffrey Senior.” B:Christie - Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Hornpipes, B:Waltzes &c. (Edinburgh, 1820, p. 23) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A a|e<cA {G}A>BA|c<BA c<A~a|e<cA {G}A>BA|B<A=G B<G~g| e<cA {G}A>BA|c<B.A c<Ae|=gBg ga/g/f/e/|=g<BG d<Bg:| |:ece aea|e<cA c<ef|ece =ge/f/g/e/|d<B=G d<Bg| Ece aea|e<cA c<ef|=gGg ga/g/f/e|=g<BG d<Bg:| |:Tc>dc d>ed|(B<d)~c d2B|Tc>dc d>ed|d<BG {Bc}d2B| .c{d}(c/B/c) .d{e}(d/c/d)|e>fe {ef}=g2e|(f/4g/4a)f =ga/g/f/e/|=g<BG dBg:| |:ece a.f.g.a.f|e<cA c>Af|ece af/g/a/f/|=g<BG d<Bg| ece af/g/a/f/|e<cA c<Ae|=gBg ga/g/f/e/|=g<BG d<Bg:| |:(c/4d/2<Te)A (c/4d/4<Te)A| (c/4d/4<Te)A (e<d).B| (c/4d/4<Te)A (c/4d/4<Te)A|(B/4d/2<=g).B Td4 (cB)| (c/4d/4<Te).A (c/4d/4<Te).A| (c/4d/4<Te).A ece|=gBg ga/g/f/e/|=g<BG d<Bg:| |:(e<Ta).f =g2 f/e/|a<cA c<eTf|(e<Ta)f T=g2 f/e/|=g<BG dBg| (e<Ta)f =g4 f/e/|a<cA c<e=g|f<d~d e<c~c|d<B=G dBg:|]
MAGGIE GAE BACK AN' TAK' UP YOUR SCULLIE. Scottish, March or Air (6/8 time). A Major (Christie): A Mixolydian (Glen). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC (Glen): AABBCCDDEE (Christie). The tune was printed by biography:William Christie (1778-1849), a dancing master, postman and fiddler-composer from Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire. It was one of several old tunes "communicated" to him by "Mr. Jaffrey Senior."
