I'll Gang Nae Mair to Yon Town
X:1 T:I'll gae nae mair to your Town M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Robert Bremener - A Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances (London, 1757, p. 6) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F V:1 clef=treble name="1." [V:1] A|Ff-fc TA2 Fc|(A/B/c) Fc AGGg|(a/g/f/e/ f)c TA2 Fc|(A/B/c) Gc AF F:| |:(c|AF)cF dFcF|AFcF (d/c/B/A/) Gc|AFcF dFcF|(A/B/c) Gc AF F:|]
X:2
T:I'll gae nae mair to your town
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
Q:"Brisk"
B:Oswald - Caledonian Pocket Companion Book 10 (1760, p. 15)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
V:1 clef=treble name="2."
[V:1]B|Gggd TB2 Gd|(B/c/d) Gd BAAa|(b/a/g/f/) gd B2 Gd|(B/c/d) Ad BGG:|
|:d|BGdG eGdG|BGdG (e/d/c/B/) Ad|BGdG eGdG|(B/c/d) Ad BGG:|
|:B|GgdB GgdB|GgdB cAAB|GgdB GgdB|ceAd BGG:|
|:f|gbag fedc|BgdB aAAf|gbfa egdB|cAaf gGG:|
|:g|BGAc TB2 Ag|BGdB eAAg|BGdB gdba|gedg BGG:|
|:g|bage gedB|dega baab|c’bag egdB|ceAd BGG:|]
X:3
T:We'll gang nae mair to yon Town
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Country Dance Tune
B:Aird - Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1 (1782, No. 35, p. 13)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
V:1 clef=treble name="3."
[V:1]B|Gggd|B2 Gd|BdGd|BAAB|
Gggd|B2 Gd|BdAc|BGG:|
|:d|BGdG eGdG|BGdG|cAAd|
BGdG|eGdG|BdAc|BGG:|
|:d|g>agd|B2 Gd|BGdG|cA A2|
(b/a/g/f/) gd|B2 Gd|BdAc|BGG:|]
X:1
T:We’ll gang nae mair to yon town, with variations
M:C
L:1/8
R:March
Q:"Slowish"
B:John Bowie – “Collection of strathspey reels & country dances &c.”
B:(Edinburgh, c. 1789, p. 27)
F: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104982703
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
V:1
A/G/|F(ff)>c {B}A2 F>c|(A/B/c) F(3A/4B/4c/4 {B}AGG(f/g/)|{fg}a>gfc {B}A2 Fc/B/|(A/B/c) .G/.A/.B/.c/ {B}AFF:|
|:Tc/B/|AFcf dFcF|AF A/B/c/F/ {B}AGGTc/B/|AFcF dFcF|A/B/c/A/ G/A/B/c/ AFF:|
|:(f/g/)|{fg}a>gfc {B}A2 Fc/B/|(A/B/c) (F{AB}c)|{B}AGG(f/g/)|(a/g/).f/.d/ (f/d/).c/.B/ {B}A2 Fc/B/|A/B/c/A/ G/A/B/c/ AFF:|
|:(c/B/)|A/c/F/c/ A/F/c/F/ d/F/c/F/ A/F/c/F/|A/B/c/A/ d/e/f/c/ {B}AGGT(c/B/)|A/c/F/c/ A/F/c/F/ d/B/c/B/ {B}A(G/F/)|G/A/B/c/ d/e/f/c/ {B}AFF:|
|:A/G/|Ff F/A/f/c/ {B}A2 F>c|(A/B/c) F(3A/B/c/ {B}(AG)G(f/g/)|a/f/g/e/ f/c/d/B/ {B}A2 F(c/B/)|A/B/c/A/ G/A/B/c/ {B}AFF:|
|:(c/B/)|A/F/ TF/E/4F/4 A/F/c/F/ d/F/ TF/E/4F/4 A/F/c/F/|A/B/c/A/ d/e/f/c/ {B}AGGTc/B/|1 A/F/ F/E/4F/4 A/F/c/F/ d/F/ F/E/4F/4 A/F/c/F/|
d/c/B/A/ G/A/B/c/ AFF:|2 A/F/ TF/E/4F/4 C/F/ TF/2E/4F/4 B,/F/ TF/E/4F/4 A,/F/ TF/E/4F/4|d/c/B/A/ G/A/B/c/ AFF||
V:2 clef = bass
z|F,2A,2F,2A,2|F,2A,,2 C,2E,2|F,2A,2 F,2A,E,|F,A,CC, F,2F,,:|
|:z|F,2A,2G,2A,2|F,2F,,2 C,2E,2|F,2A,2G,2F,2|F,A,CC, F,2F,,:|
|:z|F,2A,2F,2A,2|F,2A,2C2C,2|F,2B,2F,2A,2|F,A,CC, F,2F,,:|
|:z|F,A,F,A, B,A,F,A,|F,2 B,A, C2E,2|F,A,F,A, F,2F,2|B,G,B,F, F,2F,,:|
|:z|A,2A,2F,2A,2|F,2A,2C2C,2|F,E,A,B, F,2A,2|F,2CC, F,2F,,:|
|:z|F,2A,2B,2F,A,|F,2 B,A, C2C,2|1F,2A,2B,2 F,A,|
B,G, CC, F,2 F,,:|2 F,2A,2B,2F,2|B,G,CC, F,2F,,||
X:4
T:I'll go no more to yon Town
T:Mr. Small's favorite Reel
S:Petrie's Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c.
Z:Steve Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>, 6/11/04
N:Petrie's Second Collection, page 15
L:1/8
M:C
R:Reel
K:F
V:1 clef=treble name="4."
[V:1]A|F(ffc) {B}A2 Fc|AcFc AGGg|(a/g/f/e/ f)c {B}A2 Fc|(A/B/c) GB AFF:|
|:B|AFcF dFcF |AFcF AGGB| AFcF dFcF |(A/B/c) GB AFF:|
X:5
T:I'll gang nea mear to yon Town
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Robert Petrie - Third Collection of Strathspey Reels (1802, p. 10)
N:Dedicated to Francis Garden Esq. Junior of Troup by
N:Robert Petrie at Kirkmichael.
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:F
V:1 clef=treble name="5."
[V:1]A|F(ff)c {B}A2 Fc|AcFc AGGg|(a/g/f/e) fc {B}A2 Fc|AcGB AF F:|
|:c|AFcF dFcF|AFcF AGGB|AFcF dFcF|AcGB AFF:|]
X: 6
T: We'll Gang Nae Mair to Yon Town
N: O'Farrell's Pocket Companion v.3 (Sky ed. p.129)
N: "Scotch"
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: march
Q: 240
K: G
V:1 clef=treble name="6."
[V:1]B| Gggd| B2 Gd| BdGd| BAAB| Gggd| B2 Gd| BdAc| BGG :|
d| BGdG| eGdG| BGdG| cAAd| BGdG| eGdG| BdAc| BGG :|
d| gagd| B2 Gd| BGdG| cAA>g| b/a/g/f/ gd| B2 Gd | BdAc| BGG :|
X:7
T:I'll gang nae mair to yon Town
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:J. Anderson - Anderson's Budget of Strathspeys, Reels & Country Dances
B: for the German Flute or Violin (Edinburgh, 1820, p. 22)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
V:1 clef=treble name="7."
[V:1](B/A/)|Gggd B2 (Gc)|(Bd).G.d (BA).A.B|Gdgd B2 (Gd)|BdAc BGG:||
d|(BG).d.G (eG).d.G|BGdG BAAd|(BG).d.G (eG).d.G|(Bd)(Ac) BGGd|
.B.G.d.G .e.G.d.G|BGdG BAAd|(gf)(gd) B2 (Gc)|BdAc BGG||
X:1
T:I Gang no more to yone town
M:2/4
L:1/8
B:John Burks music manuscript collection dated 1821
N:Nothing is known of Burks, although the provenance of his
N:ms. is English. His music ms. surfaced in the United States, and had
N: possibly been in the possession of his descendants until the
N:mid-20th cent.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
B|Ggge|B2 Gd|BdGd |BAAB|Ggge|B2 Gd|BdAc|BG G2:|
|:d|BGdG|eBdG|BGdG|cAAd|BGdG|eGdG|BdAd|BG G2:|
|:d|g>ag>d|B2 G>B|BGdG|cA A2|b/a/g/f/ gd|BGd2 |BdAc|BG G2:|
X:8
T:I'll gang nae mair to yon town
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:John Rook music manuscript collection (Waverton, Cumbria, 1840, p. 153)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
V:1 clef=treble name="8."
[V:1]A|Gggd B2 Gc|(B/c/d) GB cA Af|gfgd B2 Gc|(B/c/d) Ac BGG:|
c|BG dG eG dG|BGdB {d}cAAc|BG dG eG dG|B/c/d Ac BGGc|
BG dG eGBG|BG dB cAAc|BcdB cdef|gd ec BGG||
X:9
T:Cha tèid mi fein a Chèilidh
T:I won't go a gossiping
T:I'll gang nae mair to yon Town
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:William Gunn - The Caledonian Repository of Music
B:Adapted for the Bagpipes (Glasgow, 1848, p. 17)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Amix
V:1 clef=treble name="9."
[V:1]c|Aaae c2 Ad|ecAe dBBc|Aaae c2 Ad|ceBd cAAc|
Aaae c2 Ad|ceAe dBBa|agae c2 Ad|ceBd cAA||
c|cAeA fAeA|cAeA dBBd|cAeA fAeA|ceBd cAAd|
cAeA fAeA|cAeA dBBa|agae c2 Ad|ceBd cAA||
X:10
T:I will gang no more to your town
O:No 239 William Clarke of Feltwell
Z:Transcribed by David Dolby 2010
M:4/4
L:1/8N:Final note of both parts has been changed to a quaver.
K:G
V:1 clef=treble name="10."
[V:1]B|Gggd B2Gd|Bd GB BAAa|b/a/g/f/ gdB2Gd|Bd Ac BG G:|
|:c|BGdG eGdg|BG e/d/c/B/ cAAc|BGdG eGdG|Bd Ac BGGc|
BG dG eG dg|BG e/d/c/B/ cAAc|BG dG eG dG |Bd Ac BG G:|
X:11
T:I'll gang na mair to yon town
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:Rev. James Goodman music manuscript collection (vol. 2, p. 159)
N:Canon Goodman was a uilleann piper and cleric who collected primarily
N:in County Cork in the mid-19th century
F:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=161&z=1264.5823%2C1234.2967%2C10698.9529%2C3722.2222
F:at Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
V:1 clef=treble name="11."
[V:1]d|gfgd|B2 Gc|(3Bcd GB|cAAf|
gfgd|B2 GB|(3cde dc|BG G:|
|:BG dg|eG dG|BG (3dcB|cA Ac|
|1 BG dG|eG dG|(3cde dc|BG G:|
|2 BG AB|cdef|ge dc|BG AF||
X:12
T:We'll gang na mair to yon town
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:James Goodman (1828 - 1896) music manuscript collection,
S:vol. 3, p. 153. Mid-19th century, County Cork
F:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-three#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=156&z=-5155.8953%2C0%2C18487.7906%2C6432
F:at Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
V:1 clef=treble name="12."
[V:1]G|Gggd|B2 Gd|BdGB|BA AB|Gggd|B2Gd|BdAd|BG G2:|
|:d|BGdG|eGdG|BGdG|BAAd|BGdG|eeBdA|BdAd|BG G2:|
X:13
T:Gang nae mair to yon town
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Elias Howe - Musician's Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7 (Boston, 1880-1882, p. 628)
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:G
V:1 clef=treble name="13."
[V:1]d|gfgd B2 GB|cedB cA A2|gfgd B2 GB|cedc BG G2|
gfgd B2 GB|cedB cA A2|gfgd B2 GB|cedc BG G2:|
(3B/A/G/ dG eG dG|(3B/A/G/ dB cA A2|(3B/A/G/ eG eG dG|gedc BG G2|
(3B/A/G/ dG eG dG|(3B/A/G/ dB cA A2|BGdB ecfd|gedc BG G2||
X:14
T:I'll Gang Nae Mair to Yon Town
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:F Major
V:1 clef=treble name="14."
[V:1]A|Fffc A2Fc|AccA BGGf|a/g/f/e/ fc A2FB|A/B/c GB A=FF:|
|:B|AFcF dFcf|AF d/c/B/A/ BGGB|AFcF dFcF|A/B/c GB A=FF:|
Last time: |AFEF GABc|defg af~f||
X: 1
T:I'll Go No More To Yon Town. HS.27
M:C|
L:1/8
Q:1/2=80
S:Henry Stables MS,Cumbria,late19thC
R:.reel
O:Walthwaite,nr.Ambleside.
A:England
N:Covered throughout in seeming bowing marks of a basic hack bowing
N:pattern..cgp
Z:vmp.Chris Partington
K:A
c|Aaae c2Ae|ceAc .d.B.B.g|agaec2Ae|ceBd .c.A.A:|!
e|cAeA fAeA|cAeA .d.B.B.d|cAeA fAeA|ceBd .c.A.A.e|!
cAeA fAeA|cAeA (f/e/d/c/) Bd|cAeA fAeA|ceBd .c.A.A|]
X:15
T:I'll Go No More to Yon Town
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Sergt. James O'Neill manuscripts
Z:Paul Kinder
R:Reel
K:A
V:1 clef=treble name="15."
[V:1]3efg||a2 ae c2 A2|ceAc d2 BB|ceae c2 A2|dfed cA (3efg|
a2 ae c2 A2|ceAc d2 BB|ceae c2 A2|dfed cA A2||
(3cBA eA fAed|(3cBA ec dBBd|(3cBA eA fded|ceBd c2 AA|
(3cBA eA fAed|(3cBA ec dBBd|cABc defg|afed cA A2||