Annotation:Hey My Kitten
X: 1 T:Hey my kitten, my kitten L:1/8 M:9/8 R:Air B:Johnson - Scots Musical Museum, vol. 6 (1803, Song 558, p. 577) B:https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/94549580 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F c2A A F A A F A|c2 A A F A c2d|c c A (AF) A AF A|B2G (GA) G B2d|| c A A (fc) A (fc) A|c A A (fc) A c2d|c A A f A A c A A |B2G (GA) G B2d||
HEY MY KITTEN, MY KITTEN. AKA and see "Follow Her Over the Border," "Hey the hedrie Falie." Scottish, Air (9/8 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The first stanza goes:
Hey! My kitten, my kitten,
An' hey my kitten a dearie,
Sic a sweet pet as this
Is neither far nor nearie.
Now we gae up up up,
An' here we gang down down downy,
Here we gae backwards and forward,
And here round round a roundy.