I'll Gang Nae Mair to Yon Town

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 Theme code Index    11H31 3542
 Also known as    I'll Ay Ca' in by Yon Town, I'll Gar Nae Mair tae Yon Toun, Bha mi 'n de air Cheilidh, Ferry Point (The), I'll Go No More to Your Town, I went visiting yesterday, Lucky in Love, Mr. Small's Favorite Reel, Oh Gang with Me to Yon Town, Pope's Toe (The), We’ll gang nae mair to yon Town, Welcome to the Country (1), Welcome to the Town Again, Earl of Dalkeith's Reel (2), I won't go a gossiping, Cha tèid mi fein a Chèilidh
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England, Scotland
 Genre/Style    Northumbrian/Borders, Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Country Dance, March/Marche, Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    F
 Accidental    1 flat
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), ENGLAND(North East)
 Structure    AABB, AABBCC, AABBCCDDEEFF
 Editor/Compiler    Robert Bremner
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Collection of Scots Reels (A)
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 6
 Year of publication/Date of MS    c. 1757
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 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
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I'll Gang Nae Mair to Yon Town

Played by: Chris Burgmann
Source: Soundcloud
Image: Mrs. Richard Alexander Oswald, 1794, by Sir Henry Raeburn
 Score   (1)   
I'll gae nae mair to your 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||