Annotation:Thou hast left me melancholy
X:1 T:Thou hast left me melacholy T:Dh' fhàg thu mi fo bhròn L:1/8 M:3/4 S:Fraser Collection (1816) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G F<A [GB]>[FA] [F2A2]|d>B AF [C2E2]|F<A [GB]>[FA] [F2A2]|(3Adf e2 d2| F<A [GB]>[FA] [F2A2]|d>B AF [C2E2]|(F>A) B>A d2|(3Adf e2 d2| f>d e>c d>A|(Bc/)d/ AF [C2E2]|f<d e>c d>B|Ag (f/e/)(d/c/) [Fd] (f/e/f/g/)| a>f e>c d>A|Bc/d/ AF [C2E2]|(F<A) ([GB]>[FA]) [F2A2]|(3A,DF [C2E2] [D2F2]||
THOU HAST LEFT ME MELANCHOLY (Dh' fhag thu mi fo bhron). Scottish, Irish; Slow Air (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. "This air the editor first acquired in Ireland, from the singing of a Highland sentinel, in front of his tent, being his first serenade at day-break of a summer morning. He instantly wrote it down. On his return to this country, the editor discovered that his father was no stranger to it, and gave it in a far preferable style. It was a particular favourite of Lord Woodhouslee, to whom Mrs. Fraser, wife of the editor, frequently performed it on the organ" (Fraser).
