Annotation:I Had a Horse I Had Nae Mair
Tune properties and standard notation
I HAD A HORSE I HAD NAE MAIR (I had a horse, I had no more). Scottish, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title is an obvious and old pun. Poet Robert Burns directed that his songs "Composed in August"...
Now westlin winds and slaught’ring guns
Bring Autumn’s pleasant weather;
The moorcock springs on whirring wings
Amang the blooming heather:
and "The Mauchline Lady" (1784)...
When first I came to Stewart Kyle,
My mind it was na steady:
Where'er I gaed, where'er I rade,
A mistress still I had ay.
be set to this air.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. III), c. 1808; p. 8.
Recorded sources: