Annotation:Gin Thou Wert Mine Own Thing
X:1 T:Ann thou were my ain thing M:C L:1/8 B:Alexander Stuart – “Musick for Allan Ramsay’s Collection part 6” B:(Edinburgh, c. 1724, pp. 138-139) F: https://digital.tcl.sc.edu/digital/collection/rbc/id/3078 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A V:1 A2|E3F (A>B)(c>d)|B3A F2 (c>B)|A2E2A2e2|c2 (B>c) (A>B) (A/B/)c| E3F (AB)(cA)|(Bc/d/) (B>A) F3f|(e>f)ec (dc)(Bc)|A3B (A>B) (A/B/c):| |:c>c|(c/d/e) (E>F) E3c|(B>c)B>A F2 (EF)|A2e2e3f|(ef)(ed) c2 (BA)| (de)(fd) (cd)(ec)|(dc)(B>A) F3f|(e>f)(e>c) (d>c)(B>c)|A4 (A/B/c):| V:2 clef = bass z2|A,2A,,2C,2A,2|E,2E,,2 F,,2A,,2|C,2A,,B,, C,2A,,2|A,2E,2A,,2 z2| A,2A,,2C,2A,,2|E,2E,,2F,2A,,2|C,2A,,2E,2E,,2|A,4A,,4:| |:z2|A,2A,,2C,2A,2|E,2E,,2F,,2z2|A,2C,2A,,2D,2|A,,2C,2A,2C,2| D,2D,,2A,,2A,2|D,2E,2F,2A,2|C,2A,,2E,2E,,2|A,A,,C,E, A,,2:|
GIN THOU WERT MINE OWN THING. AKA and see "Scotch Song (A)," "An Thou Were My Ain Thing." Scottish, English; Country Dance Tune and Air (whole time). A Mixolydian (Young): A Major (Manson). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Manson). The melody, with variation sets, appears in Alexander Stuart's Musick for Allan Ramsay’s Collection part 6 (Edinburgh, c. 1724-26) and Scottish musician and writing master David Young's MacFarlane Manuscript (c. 1740, No. 17) as "An thou were my own thing". The air appears parodied in John Gay's Beggar's Opera (1729) under the title "Oh what pain it is to part."
