Awa' Whigs Awa'

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 Theme code Index    7b7b7b7b 7b7b7b5
 Also known as    Away Whigs away
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AB, AAB, AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:James Oswald
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Caledonian Pocket Companion Book 6
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 19
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1760
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Away Whigs away M:C| L:1/8 R:Air B:Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 6 (1760, p. 19) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G (Bc)|d4 d3B|d4 d2 Bd|e4 e3d|e4 e2g2| {e}d2B2{B}A2G2|G3B B2 (AG)|(AB)(de) (dB)(AG)|E4 E2:| |:AB|dBdg dgBg|d4 d2 gf|egdg egdg|e4 e2 ge| dBde gabd|BdAB GABG|ABge dBAG|E4 D2:|]


X:1 T:Awa Whigs awa M:C L:1/8 Q:"Very Slow" R:Air B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (Glasgow, 1788, No. 511, p. 196) N:”Humbly dedicated to the Volunteers and Defensive Bands of Great Britain and Ireland” Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Edor Bc|d4 Td3B|{B}d4 d2(Bd)|e4 Te3d|{d}e4 e2g2| {e}d2B2 {B}A2G2|G3A B2AG|(AB)(de) (dB)(AG)|E4 E2:| Bc|dBde dgBg|d4 d2 gf|egdg egdg|e4 e2 ge| dBde gabd|BdAB GABG|ABge dBAG|E4 E2:|]


X:1 T:Awa’ Whigs Awa’ M:C L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Slowly" B:Davies Caledonian Repository (Aberdeen, 1829-30, p. 21) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G Bc|d4 d3 B|d6 Bd|e4 e3d|e6g2| d3 B A3G|G3A B2e2|d2B2 A3G|E6:| Bc|d3e dedB|d4 d2 Bd|e3g eged|e4 e2ge| {e}d2 cB A2G2|G3A B2 AG|ABde dBAG|E6|| P:Variation Bc|d3e dedB|dBde d2 gf|e3f gfed|e3f agfe| edcB cBAG|G3A cBAG|ABde dBAG|E6||


X:1 T:Awa, Whigs, Awa! M:2/4 L:1/16 R:”Jacobite air” Q:"Not too quick" B:Manson – Hamilton’s Universal Tune Book, vol. 2 (1846, p. 9) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb B2|B4 F3D|B,4z2F2|Gc3 c3B|Ac3 z2d2|f3d d3B|B2G2 G3E| F2E2 D3C|B,6||F2|FB3 B3A|A3G G3G|G3c c3B| B2A2 z2d2|!fermata!f3d (d2c)B|B3G !fermata!G3D|FF3 E3C|C2B,2 z2||