X:1
T:We're all forsaken for want of Silver
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
B:David Young – Drummond Castle/Duke of Perth Manuscript (1734, No. 12)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
f|Te2d (B/c/d)B (A/B/c)A|c2e (ec)A (B/c/d)f|Te2d (B/c/d)B (A/B/c)A|Ggf dBG Bd:|
|:B|c2g B2g A2g|c2e ecA (B/c/d)B|ccg BBg AAg|Ggf dBG Bd:|]
X:1
T:We’re a' forsaken for want o' Siller
M:9/8
L:1/8
B:David Young – “A Collection of Scotch Airs with the latest Variations” (AKA - The
B:McFarlane Manuscript (c. 1741, No. 94, p. 141)
F:
https://rmacd.com/music/macfarlane-manuscript/collection/pdfs/forsaken_for_want_o_siller.pdf
N:The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
K:C
Te2d (B/c/d)B (A/B/c)A|Tc2 e- ecA (B/c/d)f|Te2d (B/c/d)B (A/B/c)A|Gge dBG (B/c/d)B:|
|:c2g B2g A2g|Tc2e- ecA (B/c/d)B|ccG BBg AAg|Gge dBG (B/c/d)B:|]
X: 1
T:We'r Aw Forsaken For Want Aw Siller. WCD3/2.050
M:9/8
L:1/8
Z:vmp. Peter Dunk 2015 www.village-music-project.org.uk
B:Walsh, Compleat Country Dancing Master, 3rd Series, 2nd Bk, 3rd Ed., 1749
Q:3/8=100
K:D Dorian
f|e2d (B/c/dB) (A/B/cA)|c2e (ecA) (Bdf)|\
e2d (B/c/dB) (A/B/cA)|Gge dBG Bd:|
|:B|c2g B2g A2g|c2e (ecA) (BdB)|\
ccg BBg AAg|Gge dBG Bd:|
W:
W:Each Strain Twice (repeats added to notation accordingly)
X:1
T:We are all Forsaken for what Siller
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
S:William Vickers' 1770 music manuscript collection (Northumberland)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Amin
f|e2d BdB AcA|c2e ecA Bdf|e2d BdB AcA|Ggf dBG BdB:|
|:c2g B2g A2g|c2e ecA BdB|ccg BBg BBg|Gge dBG Bd:||
X:1
T:We’re a forsaken for want o’ Siller
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87709309
B: Neil Stewart – Select Collection of Scots, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, Jiggs &
B:Marches, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1788, No. 57, pp. 26-27)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Gmix
(B/c/d)f Te2d|(B/c/d).B (A/B/c).A|c2(e e)cA|(Bc/d).f Te2d|
(B/c/d).B (A/B/c).A|Gge dBG::(B/c/d.B c2)g|B2g A2g|
c2(e e)cA|(B/c/d).B ccg|BBg AAg|Gge (dB).G:|
