Annotation:Here's a Health to them that's awa'

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Tune properties and standard notation


HERE'S A HEALTH TO THEM THAT'S AWA'. AKA and see "Good Health to Our Friends Far Away." Scottish, "Very Slow" Air (3/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The first part of this tune is the second strain of "Kenmuir's Up and Awa."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5), 1797; p. 5. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 544. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 3, 1806; p. 14. Johnson (Scots Musical Museum), vol. 5, 1797; No. 412. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 213. Smith (Scottish Minstrel), vol. 2, p. 13.

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Tune properties and standard notation