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| Theme code Index
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1133 1132
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| Also known as
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Din Tarrant's (6), Highland Donald (2), Bonny Laddie Highland Fling, My Bonnie Laddie, Marry Kitty, March Past, Marry Ketty, Wha Saw the Forty Twa, Wha' widna Fecht for Charlie, Will you go and marry Katie, Newmarket Polka (4)
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| Composer/Core Source
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| Region
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Scotland
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| Genre/Style
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Pipe, Scottish
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| Meter/Rhythm
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Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Fling, March/Marche, Strathspey
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| Key/Tonic of
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G
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| Accidental
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1 sharp
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| Mode
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Ionian (Major)
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| Time signature
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4/4
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| History
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| Structure
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AAB, AABB
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| Editor/Compiler
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Biography:James Hogg
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| Book/Manuscript title
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Book:The Jacobite Relics of Scotland
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| Tune and/or Page number
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| Year of publication/Date of MS
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1821
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| Artist
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J. Scott Skinner
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| Title of recording
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Sean trews/Whistle o’er the lave o’t/Wha widna fecht for Charlie?
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| Record label/Catalogue nr.
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Regal G6625 (78 RPM)
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| Year recorded
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1910
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| Media
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| Score (1)
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X:1
T:Why wadna Fecht for Charlie
T:Marry Kitty
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Davie's Caledonian Repository (Aberdeen, 1829-30, p. 35)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
d|B<GG>A B>AB<d|B<GG>A B<dA>d|B<GG>A B>AB<d|e<gd<g B<g A>:|
c|B<(dd)e/f/ g>fe>d|B<(dd)e/f/ gBAc|B<(dd)e/f/ g>fe>d|e<gd<g B<gA>c|
B<(dd)e/f/ g>fe>d|B<(dd)e/f/ g>BA>c|B<(dd)e/f/ g>fe>d|e<gd<b B<g A>||
X:1
T:Wha Wad'na Fecht for Charlie
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D | GGG>A B>A B<d | GGG>c B<d A>B | GGG>A B<A B>d | e>gd>g B>g A :|
|:c | B>d de/f/ g>de>d | B>d de/f/ g>B A<c | B<d de/f/ g>de>d | e<gd<g B<g A :|
X:1
T:Wha wadna fecht for Charlie?
M:C
L:1/8
R:Highland Fling
B:Lees - Balmoral Reel Book (c. 1910, p. 16)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
|:G2 G>AB>A (B<d)|G2 G>A (B<d) A>B|G2 G>AB>A (B<d)|(e<g) (d<g) (B<g) A2:|
|:(B<d) d>eg>d (ed)|(B<d) d/e/f (g<B) A2|(B<d) de/f/ g>d e>d|(e<g) (d<g) (B<g) A2:|]
