Annotation:Let us be merry
X:1 T:Biodh mid subhach T:Let us be merry M:C L:1/8 N:Pipe Set B:Celtic Melodies, Being a Collection of Original Slow Highland Airs, B:Pipe-Reels, and Cainntearachd, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, c. 1830, No. 1) N:"Selected and Arranged by a Highlander." The editors have been N:identified as Finlay Dunn and George Farquhar Graham Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D d|e<e e>g f>ed>f|e>fe>d cAAc|e<e e>g f>ed>e|B<Bc>A BGGB| e<e e<g f>ed>f|e>fe>d cAA>c|d<d f<d c2 a<c|B2 c>A BGG|| f|e>fe>d .c.A.c.A|(efed) cAA>f|e>fe>d .c.A.c.A|(ded=c) .B.G.G.f| (efed) c<Ac<A|e>fe>d cAA<c|d<d f>d c>c ac|B<Bc>A BGG||
LET US BE MERRY. AKA - "Biodh mid subhach." Scottish, Pipe Air (whole time). A Mixoldyian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune, a pipe setting of a Highland air, appears in a c. 1830 collection of songs, airs, and reels, that was "Selected and Arranged by a Highlander," thought to be George Farquhar Graham. Some settings in the two volume edition were by Finlay Dunn.
