Annotation:Bonny Lass of Aberdeen (2)
X:41 T:Bonny Lass of Aberdeen [2]. JBa.40 M:2/2 L:1/8 Q:1/2=90 S:Joseph Barnes MS,Carlisle,1762. R:.reel O:England A:Carlisle Z:vmp.C.Graebe. K:D major %“_No time sig.Key sig 1# – low E..Dmaj sounds best” B2 | AFED AFED| BABc d2 B2 | AFED AFED| EDEF G2B2 |! AFED AFED | BABd GFED | d2 cB BcdB | AGFE D2 :|! |:f2 | edBA ecBA | d2 cB c2 BA | BABc dcde | gagf e2 g2 |! fgaf ecBG |BcdB AFED| d2 cB BcdB | AGFE D2 :|]
BONNY LASS OF ABERDEEN [2]. AKA and see "Bonny Kate (3)," "Bonny Kate of Aberdeen." English, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Bonny Lass of Aberdeen [2]" is contained in the 1760's music manuscript collection of musician Joseph Barnes (Carlisle, Cumbria). As "Bonny Kate of Aberdeen" the tune was printed in London in R. Baldwin's periodical , and in the Thompson's
