Annotation:Bonnie Jean Makis Meikill of Me
X:1 T:Bonie Jean Makis Meikill of Me M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Lively" B:The Skene Manuscript (1615, No. 34) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D [A,A]BcA|[A,c]ecA|[Dd]efe|[Df]afd|[A,a]baf|efec| [Dd]efe|[Df]afd||A/G/A/B/ c/B/c/d/|e/d/c/B/ c/d/e/c/|d/c/d/e/ f/e/f/g/| a/g/f/e f/g/a/f/|e/d/e/f/ g/f/e/d/|e/d/c/B/ c/d/e/c/|[Dd]efe|[Df]afd| [A,c]A/B/ c/d/e/f/|g/f/e/d/ ec|[Df]d/e/ f/g/a/b/|a/g/f/e/ f/g/a/f/|b/a/g/f/ g/f/e/d/| e/d/c/B/ c/d/e/c/|d/c/d/e/ [Df]e|f/a/b/a/ [Df]d||
BON(N)IE JEAN MAKIS MEIKILL OF ME. Scottish, Air (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The title translates as "Bonny Jean makes much of me." The air appears in the Skene Manuscript (for the Mandura) of 1610 (No. 34). The melody is ancestral to "Somebody (1)."
