Bonny Lass to Marry Me (A)

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Theme code Index	1323 5L326L
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Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Robert Bremner
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Collection of Scots Reels (A)
Tune and/or Page number	p. 24
Year of publication/Date of MS	1757
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BONNY LASS TO MARRY ME, A. Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Glen finds this tune first published by Robert Bremner in his 1757 collection, soon afterwards appearing in James Oswald's Caledonian Pocket Companion (1760). It is perhaps also "A Bonny Lad to Marry Me." The melody appears in the music manuscripts of Setauket, Long Island, New York, painter and fiddler William Sydney Mount (1807-1868) on a page with other Scottish tunes such as "Cotter Reel," "Miss Betty Forbes Reel" and "Mrs. Abercromby's of Gulpas Reel."

Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scots, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), vol. II, 1785; No. 23, p. 9. Bremner (A Collection of Scots Reels), 1757; p. 24. O'Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. IV), 1810; p. 109.

X:2 T:Bonny Lass to Marry Me, A M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:William Sydney Mount (1807-1868) manuscripts, c. 1840's? Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G D | G2 BG AGBG | D2 BG AGEA | G/G/G BG cBAB | GBGE D/D/D D2 :| |: dgdB !trill!A>GAB | dgBg !trill!A>G E2 | (de/f/g)B !trill!A>GAB | GBGE ED D2 :||

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T:Bonny Lass to Marry Me, A
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Aird, vol. II (1785)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
D | G2 BG AGBG | DGBG AGEA | G2 BG cBAB | GAGE D/D/D D :|
|: e | dgdB AGAB | dgBg AG E2 | de/f/ gB AGAB | GAGE D/D/D D :||