Bonny Charlie (1)

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Theme code Index	113b3b 553b3b
Also known as	King of the Fairies, King William of Orange
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm
Key/Tonic of	E
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:James Aird
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Selection of Scotch English Irish and Foreign Airs vol. 2
Tune and/or Page number	No. 109, p. 40
Year of publication/Date of MS	1785
Artist	Biography:Boys of the Lough
Title of recording	Lochaber No More
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Philo 1031
Year recorded
Media
Score ()

BONNIE CHARLIE [1]. AKA and see "BONNIE CHARLIE [1]. AKA and see "King of the Fairies," "King William of Orange." Scottish, Scottish Measure (4/4 time, "Slowish"). D Minor (Gatherer, Gow, Martin, Songer): E Minor (Aird). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Gatherer, Gow, Martin, Songer): AABB (Aird, Harding). Nigel Gatherer credits the tune to the famous Scots fiddler and composer Niel Gow (1727-1807), born in Inver. Its printing in James Aird's Selection of Scots, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. II (1782), however, predates the Gows' printing by more than 20 years (although still within the mature period of Gow).

Source for notated version: Eileen Witler via Lanny Martin [Songer].

Printed sources: Aird (Selection), vol. II, 1785; No. 109, p. 40. Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No. 13. Gatherer (Gatherer's Musical Museum), 1987; p. 30. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 3, 1806; p. 5. Harding's All Round Collection, 1905; No. 151, p. 48 {Reel}. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, vol. 3), 1988; p. 41. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 34.

Recorded source: Philo 1031, Boys of the Lough - "Lochaber No More."

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X:2
T: Bonny Charlie [1]
M:C
L:1/8
S:Aird, vol. II (1785)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Emin
E2 EF G2 GA | BcBA G2 GA | B2 E2 E2 G2 | FGAF D4 | 
E2 EF G2 GA | BcBA G2 GA | B2 E2 GFED | E4 e4 :|
|: efed B2B2 | efed B4 | fgaf d2g2 | fgaf d2 ga | b2 gb a2 fa | 
g2 eg f2 df | e2 ef gfed | e2 e(f g4 | e)fed B2B2 | g2 ab B4 | 
dcBA cBAG | FGAF D4 | GFGA BABd | edef gfed | dcBA BAGF | E4 e4 :||