Weary Pund O' Tow (The)

Weary Pund O' Tow (The): Annotations

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X:1
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T:Weary pound of tow, The
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
B:Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 8 (1760, p. 4)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D|G>G G3G|(G/A/B) {B}A3G|F>G {AB}c3B|{B}A4 zB|
G>G G3G|(G/A/B) {B}A3G|E>G {GA}B3A|G6:|
|:d|B/c/ d3G|B>c d2 zG|F>G {AB}c3B|{B}A4 (d/e/f)|
g>f e3d|d>e {e}g3G|E>G {GA}B3A|G6:|]

X:1
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T:Weary Pund O' Tow, The
M:3/4
L:1/16
R:Air
Q:"Very Slow"
B:Johnson - Scots Musical Museum vol. IV (1792, Song 350, p. 362)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
D2|G3 G G4 z2G2|G3 (A/B/) {B}A6 G2|F3 G {AB}c6B2|
{B}A8 z2B2|G3G G6G2|GA B2 A6G2|E3G {GA}B6 {B}A2|G8||
g3f e6d2|d3d {e}g6G2|E3G {GA}B4 (A3G)|G8 ||
"Chorus"D2|G3G G4z2G2|(G3 A/B/) {c}A6 G2|F3G {AB}c6B2|{B}A8 z2B2|
G3G G6G2|GA B2 A6G2|E3G {GA}B6 {B}A2|G8||

X:1
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T:Weary Pund O’ Tow, The
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Slow Air
S:Gow – 3rd Repository  (1806)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
F|B>B B3B|(3Bcd c3B|A>B e3d|(dc) c3f|
B>B B3B|(3Bcd {d}c3B|A>B c2d2|B4 z:|
e|d>e f2 z z/B/|e>f g2 z z/B|A>B e3d|(dc) c3 (3f/g/a/|
b>b {b}a3g|ff b3 B| A>B c2d2|B4 ze|
~d>e f2 c3 B/|~e>f g2 z z/B/|A>B e3d|dc c3 (3f/g/a/|
b>b {b}a3g|f{gffe}f b3B|F>B d2 c>B|B4 z||

X:1
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T:Weary pound o’ tow, The
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Air
Q:"Andantino"
S:John Rook music manuscript collection (1840, p. 38)
N:Rook was a multi-instrumentalist from Waverton, near Wigton, Cumbria
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D|G>G G>zG/|B>A A>zB/|G>G c>B|A2 zd|G>G G>G|BA A>B|
FG AB G2 z2||d|B>c e>G|c>d e>G|F>G c>B|A2 zd|g>g fe|
d>d {d}g>G|F>G A>B|G2 z2||"Chorus"d|G>G G>G|B>A G>B|
G>G c>B|A2 zd|G>G G>G|B>A A>B|F>G Ad|G2 z2||

X:1
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T:Weary pun’ o’ tow, The
T:Hey then up go we
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:”Jacobite air”
Q:"Slow"
B:Manson – Hamilton’s Universal Tune Book, vol. 2 (1846, p. 50)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D2|G>G G3G|G>A/2B/4 {B}A3G|F>G {AB}c3B|{B}A4 zB|
G>G G3G|G/A/B A3G|F>G {GA}B3A|G4:|
|:d|B>cd3G|c>de3G|F>G {AB}c3B|{B}A4 (d>e/2f/4)|
g>f e3d|d>d {e}g3G|F>G {GA}B3A|G4:|]

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Weary Pund O' Tow (The): Annotations