Gin I Had a Bonny Lass

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Theme code Index	3b53b5 2427bL
Also known as	Gin I Had a Bonnie Lassie, Gin I Had a Bonnie Lassie Little Sleep Wad Sair Me, Go About Your Business, He that has a Bonny Lassie, He that's got a bonny wife but little sleep will serve him, North Loch (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland, Canada
Genre/Style	Cape Breton/PEI, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 flat
Mode	Dorian
Time signature	2/2
History	CANADA(Maritimes/English)
Structure	AAB, AABB
Editor/Compiler	Robert Petrie
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Third Collection of Strathspey Reels
Tune and/or Page number	p. 16
Year of publication/Date of MS	1802
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Gin I Had a Bonny Lass: Annotations

X:1 T:He that has a bonny Lassie &c. M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Robert Petrie – Third Collection of Strathspey Reels (p. 16) N:Dedicated to Francis Garden Esq. Junior of Troup by N:Robert Petrie at Kirkmichael. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Gmin A|BGdB Bcdf|AFcF {B}A2 FA|BGdG Bcdg|(fdTcA) G2 G:| d|gagd gagd|fgfd {B}A2 FA|gagd gagd|Bdgd B2 Gd| gagd gagd|fgfc A2 FA|BGdG Bcdg|fdTcA G2G||

X:1 T:Gin I had a Bonny Lass Little Sleep wad Sair Me M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Joseph Lowe - Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, B:book 6 (1844-45, p. 23) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Gmin d|(BG)GA (Bc)d=e|fgfc A2 FA|BGGA Bcdg|BGA^F G2G:| ^f|gagd gagd|fgfc A2 FA|(ga)gd gagd|gaba g2 d=e| (fg)af g=efd|cAfc A2 FA|BGGA Bcdg|BGA^F G2G||

X:1 T:He that's got a bonny wife, but little sleep will serve him T:If I had a bonny wife, but little sleep will serve me S:Colin MacKenzie M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B: James Barry music manuscript collection (No. 2, p. 1) N: Barry (1819-1905) was a miller and fiddler who lived at N:Six Mile Brook, Pictou County, Nova Scotia. F: https://jamesbarrymusic.ca K:Gmin B>Gd>G Bcde|fccf A2F2|BGdG Bcdg|BGA^F G2G2:| gbgd gbgd|fgfc A2F2|gbgd gbgd|BGA^F G2G2| gbgd c>df>g|fccf A2F2|BGdG Bcdg|BGAB G2G2||

X:1 T:Gin I Had a Bonny Lassie M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Gmin d|BGdG B>cdf|AFcF A2FA|BGdG B>cdg|fdcA G2G:| f|gagd gbgd|fgfc A2Ff|gagd gbgd|Bdgd B2Gd| gagd gbgd|fgfc A2FA|BgcA dBbg|fdcA G2G||

Gin I Had a Bonny Lass: Annotations