Hey My Nanny

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 Theme code Index    633 632
 Also known as    Follow Me Lads (2), Hay My Nanny, Hey Me Nanny, Hey My Nancy, Miller's Jigg, Oh My Nanny, Up in the Garret I am
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England, Scotland
 Genre/Style    English, Northumbrian/Borders, Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Country Dance, Slip/Hop Jig
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Mixolydian
 Time signature    9/4, 9/8
 History    
 Structure    AB, AABB
 Editor/Compiler    David Young
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Drummond Castle Manuscript
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 23
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1734
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Hey My Nanny

Played by: James and the samllpipes
Source: Soundcloud
Image: Bewick's Pipe Tunes book
 Score   (1)   
Hey My Nanny





X:1 T:Hey my Nanny M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig B:David Young – Drummond Castle/Duke of Perth Manuscript (1734, No. 23) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amix g|Tf2A (ce)A (ce)A|Tf2A (ce)A Bdg|Tf2A (ce)A (ce)f|gfe dBG (Bd):| |:g|(fg)a (ef)e (ce)g|(fg)a (ac)A (Bd)g|(fg)a (ef)e (ce)f|(gf)e (dB)G (Bd):|]


X:1 T:Hay my Nanny M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances (1740, p. 55) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A g|f2e cee cee|f2e cee Bdg|f2e cee cee|gfe dBG Bd|| e|fga efe cde|fga efe Bdg|fga efe cde|gfe dBA Bd||


X:1 T:Hay my Nancie M:9/4 L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:John Walsh - Caledonian Country Dances (c. 1745, p. 62) N:Published in London in several volumes and editions 1731-c. 1745 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D g2|f4 e2 cd e2A2 cd e2A2|f4 e2 cd e2A2 B2d2g2| f4 e2 cd e2A2c2d2f2|g2f2e2d2B2G2B2d2:| |:g2|f2g2a2e2 f2 A2c2e2g2|f2g2a2e2 a2A2B2d2g2| f2g2a2e2 f2A2c2e2f2|g2f2e2d2 B2G2B2d2:|]


X:1 T:Hey my Nannie M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig Q:"Brisk" B:Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book V (1760, p. 8) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D d|TB2A FAA FAA|TB2A FAA E2=c|TB2A FAA FA^c|dcB AFA D2:| |:g|Tf2d (f/g/a)f efg|Tf>ed def afd|e3B2e Tc>BA|Bcd AFD E2=c| TB2A FAA FAc|dcB AFA D2:||:d|TB2A FAA afd|TB2A dFD E2d| TB2A FAa bge|fcd AFD D2::g|Tf2d afd bge|(f/g/)af dfd afd| (e/f/g)e bge dcB|AFA (B/c/d)F E2=c|TB2A FAA gfe|d(B/c/d) AFA D2:|]


X:1 T:Hey Me Nanny N:”Irish” M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5 B:(Glasgow, 1797, No. 99 p. 38) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D d2B AFA AFA|d2B AFD E3|d2B AFA AFA|d2B AFA D3:| |:f2d (f/g/a)f ecA|fed (f/g/)af e2g|fed (f/g/)af ecA|dcd AFA D3:|]


X:1 T:Hey me Nancy M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Country Dance Tune B:Hime - Forty Eight Original Irish Dances Never Before Printed N:with Basses (Dublin, 1804, No. 11) F:http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90673324/f13.image Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D d2B AFA AFA|d2B AFD E3|d2B AFA AFA|d2B AFA D3:| |:f2d (f/g/a)f ecA|fed (f/g/a)f e2g|fed (f/g/a)f ecA|dcd AFA D3:|]


X:2 T:Hay (sic) My Nannie M:9/8 L:1/8 S:Gow - 3rd Repository (1806) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A =g|:f2A ceA ceA|f2A ceA Bd=g|f2A ceA cef|=gfg dBG Bdg:| |:f>ga eae ce=g|fga ef=g Bdg|f>ga eae cef|~=gfg dBG Bdg:||


X:1 T:Hey My Nancy M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig B:Patrick McGahon music manuscript collection (1817, No. 21) N:McGahon was a scribe of Irish language literature who lived in N:Dungooley, County Louth, on the Armagh border. He was a N:teacher with The Irish Society in the early 19th century, but little N:else is known about him. A few tunes in the ms. are written in other N:hands. B:Pádraigín Ní UIallacháin – “A Hidden Ulster” (2003, p. 443) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D d2B AFA AFA|d2B AFD E3|d2B AFA AFA|d2B AFA D3:| |:f2d f/g/af ecA|fed f/g/af e2g|fed f/g/af ecA|Bcd AFA D3:|


X:1 T:Hay My Nannie M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Contra Dance B:Elias Howe – Musician’s Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7 (Boston, 1880-1882, p. 602) B: http://ks4.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/c/c7/IMSLP601433-PMLP562790-ONeill_Rare_Medium_M40_M8_v6.7_text.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D g|fAA eAA|fAA ceg|fAA eAA|dBG Bdg| fAA eAA|fAA ceg|agf efg|dBG Bd:| |:g|(fga) (efg)|(fga) ceg|(fga) efg|dBG Bdg| (fga) efg|(fga) efg|(agf) efg|dBG Bd:|