Bonnie Black Eagle (The)

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Theme code Index	5555 5155
Also known as	Black Eagle (The), Bonny Black Eagle, High Way to Edinburgh (2) (The), Way to Edinburgh (The), Woman's Work Will Never be Done
Composer/Core Source	Biography:David Rizzio (?)
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	William McGibbon
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Scots Tunes Book 3
Tune and/or Page number	pp. 74-75
Year of publication/Date of MS	1762
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Bonnie Black Eagle (The): Annotations

X:1 T:Bonnie Black Eagle, The M:C L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Slow" S:McGibbon - Scots Tunes, book III, pp. 74-75 (1762) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D d | (AF)(A>B) A3d | (AF)(D>F) A2 (A>G) | F2 (B>c) B2 (d>e) | (d/e/f) T(e>d) B3d | (AF)(A>B) A3d | (AF)(D>F) A2 (Bc) | d2 (ef) a3b | afTe>d {d}B2 :| |: A |(d>e)(f>g) a3b | (af)T(e>d) a2 (ag) | f2 b>c' b3c' | (d'c')T(b>a) b3a | (ba)(bc') {b/c'}d'2 T(c'b) | (af)T(e>d) e3d | (ef)(ab) (af)T(e>d) | {A}B6 :||

X:1 T:Black Egle [sic], The M:C L:1/8 R:Air B:Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book V (1760, p. 17) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D F2A>B A3B|(d<B) (A<F) A3A|F2 B>c B2 (d>e)|{de}f2 Te>d B3A| {G}F2 (A>B) A3B|(A/B/d/B/) AF A3d|(BA)Bc d2 (ef)|(a<f) {f}Te>d B3:| |:e|d2 a>b a3b|(a/f/e/f/) ab a3g|f2 b>c' b3c'|(ba)d'c' {c'}b3a| a2 (bc') {bc'}d'3b|a(g/f/) (g/f/)(e/d/) d3d|(e/d/e/f/) ab (a<f) T(e>d)|{de}f2 Te>d B2:|]

X:1 T:Black Eagle, The M:C L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Plaintively and slow" B:Manson - Hamilton's Universal Tune Book, vol. 2 (1846, p. 65) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Bb B|(FD)(F>G) F3B|(FD)(B,D) F2 (F>E)|D2 G>A G2 (B>c)|(Bc/d/ c>B) G3B| (F<D)(F>G) F3B|(FD)(B,D) F2 GA|B2(cd)f3g|(f<d)(c>B) {A}G3|| F|(B>c)(d>e) f3g|(f<d)(c>B) f2 (fe)|d2 (g>a) g3a|(ba)(g^f) g3f| (gf)(ga)b3 (a/g/)|(f<d)(c>B) c3B|(cd)(fg) f3g|(fd)(cB) {A}G3||

Bonnie Black Eagle (The): Annotations