Annotation:There's nae harm done Goodwife
X:1 T:There's nae harm done, Goodwife L:1/8 M:C| S:Marshall – 1781 Collection Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D (D2 D)A F<DdF|(E2 E)e ^G<Eeg|fdec dBAF|GBAF D/D/D D2:| |:abaf dfaf|gebe febe|1 abaf dfaf|geaf d/d/d d2:|2 dfeg fbec|dBAF D/D/D D2||
THERE'S NAE HARM DONE, GOODWIFE. Scottish, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. "There's nae harm done, Goodwife" was composed by biography:William Marshall (1748-1833), first printed in his 1781 collection (p. 7). Marshall biographer Moyra Cowie (1999) says the consoling-titled reel was the only tune Marshall dedicated to his wife, Jean Giles, whom he had married in 1773.
