Annotation:Bride's a Bonnie Thing (1) (The)
X:1 T:Bride has a bonny thing, The T:Bride's a Bonnie Thing [1], The M:6/8 L:1/8 B:David Young – “A Collection of Scotch Airs with the latest Variations” (AKA - The B:McFarlane Manuscript (c. 1741, No. 215, p. 264) F:https://rmacd.com/music/macfarlane-manuscript/collection/pdfs/the_bride_has_a_bonny_thing.pdf N:The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland K:G Te2G dc/B/A/G/|TB2 G- Gcd|Te2G dc/B/A/G/|TB2 A- Acd| Te2G dc/B/A/G/|B>AB GAB|cAc BGB|GFG Gcd:| |:e/f/ge Tf2d|gdB GBd|e/f/ge Tf2 e/d/|f/e/f/g/a Acd| e/f/ge Tf2 (e/d/)|g/f/e/f/g/e/ g/f/e/d/c/B/|cgc BgB|AaA Acd:| |:TB2G- GDG|GDG- Gcd|TB2G GDG|ABA ABc| TB2G- GDG|GDG TB>AG|c(A/B/c/A/) B(G/A/B/G/)|AFA Acd:| |:(ec)(e/c/) (dB)(d/B/)|B2 G- Gcd|(ec)(e/c/) (dB)(d/B/)|TB2A Acd| (ec)(e/c/) (dB)(d/B/)|(ec)(e/c/) (dB)(d/B/)|(cA)(c/A/) (BG)(B/G/)|AFA- Acd:| |:gfg agf|gdB GBd|gfg agf|eaA Acd| gfg agf|gde dBG|c>dc B>AG|A>BA Acd:| |:g/f/e/d/B g/f/e/d/G|g/f/e/d/B g/f/ed/G|g/f/e/d/B g/f/e/d/G|g/f/e/d/B g/f/e/d/A| g/f/e/d/c g/f/e/d/G|de/f/g/f/ g/f/e/d/c/B/|cec BdB|AfA- Acd:| |:TB2G- GBd|GBg GBd|TB2G- GBd|Acf Acd| TB2G- GBd|GBg dcB|c>dc TB>AG|A>BA Acd:|]
BRIDE'S A BONNIE THING [1], THE. AKA - "Bride is a Bonny Thing (The)," "Bride has a Bonny Thing (The)," "Bride is a Boanie Ting (Da)." AKA and see "Felton Lonnin," "Lads of this Town (The)," "Scotland (3)." English, Scottish; Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDDEEFFGG. Edinburgh musician and writing master John Young's title, "The Bride has a bonny thing" is shared by cellist-composer James Oswald", but was sanitized to "The Bride's a Bonny Thing" as time went on. There are two distinct tunes that go by this name: see "Bride's a bonnie thing (2)" for the tune most often played under this title. A variant of Young's tune is performed in Northumberland as "Felton Lonnin" (AKA "Pelton Lonnon") in both song and Northumbrian pipe tune versions.
