Annotation:Janet Tyed the Bonnet Tight

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JANET TYED THE BONNET TIGHT. AKA - "Jenny/Jeanie Tied the Bonnet Tight." Scottish, Reel (whole time). A Mixoldyian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Nigel Gatherer finds the tune in Brendan Breatnach's Ceol Rince na hÉireann, and in Ireland it goes by the titles "Upstairs in a Tent (2)", "Jenny Tie Your Bonnet" and "In and Out the Harbor (1)."

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - John McLachlan (The Piper's Assistant), 1854; No. 111, p. 68.

Recorded sources: -LOCH 1233, Old Blind Dogs - "Legacy."

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