Auld Bessy

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 Theme code Index    5333 5322
 Also known as    Finnegan's Dream, Garryowen, Scotch Laddie (The)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:James Aird
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Selection of Scotch English Irish and Foreign Airs vol. 3
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 594, p. 226
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1788
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X:1
T:Auld Bessy
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Aird - Selection of Scotch, English, Irish, and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (No. 594, p. 226)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
g|d2c BAG|B3 B2g|d2c BAG|A3 A2g|
d2c BAG|B3 B2c|def g>dB|G3 G2:|
|:B/c/|Td2B Td2B|Td3 d2g|Te2c Te2c|Te3 e2g|
f2g agf|g2f efg|def g2B|G3 G2:|]

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