Jesse the Flower of Dunblane

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Theme code Index	3212 5L3L12
Also known as	Flower of Dunblaine, Jessie the Flower of Dunbland, Jessy the Flower of Dunblane, Lovely Sweet Jessie the Flower of Dunblaine, Sweet Jessy
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	ABC
Editor/Compiler	Biography:G.H. Davidson
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Davidson's Gems of Scottish Gems
Tune and/or Page number	p. 29
Year of publication/Date of MS	n.d.
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Jesse the Flower of Dunblane: Annotations

X: 1 T:Sweet Jessy TS.170 T:Jessie, The Flower of Dunblane,aka TS.170 M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:1/2=35 S:Thomas Sands' MS,1810,Lincolnshire R:Air N:Poem by Tannahill set to music c.1820 O:England Z:vmp.Ruairidh Greig, 2011 B:Village Music project, Sands, Thomas A:Lincolnshire K:C major (c/d/)|e> f e d g> e|c> B c d B (c/A/)|G> A F E> G c|c> d e (f<d) (c/d/)|! e> f e d g> e|c> B c d B (c/A/)|G> A F E< G (c/e/)|d A "tr"B c2 e|! e c> d e< a e|e c> d e< c e|d B> c d< g e|d> B A HG2 G|! c> e d> e c> d|e> f g f d e |f> g a f< e c|d> A "tr"B Hc2 c/ {BdcBc} A/|! G> A F E< G (c/d/)|e> f g f< d e|f> g Ha g< e c|d> A B c2|]

X:1 T:Jessie the Flower of Dumblane M:6/8 L:1/16 B:Davidson's Gems of Scottish Melody (n.d., p. 29) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion R:Air Q:"Moderato" K:C cd|e3fe2 dg3e2|c3Bc2 dB3 cA|G3AF2 E2G2c2|c3de2 e2d2 cd| e3fe2 dg3f2|c3Bc2 dB3 cA|G3AF2 E2G2c2|d2A2B2 c4|| e2|e2c2d2 ea3g2|e2c3d e2c2d2|d2B2c2 d2g2e2|dB3 AG G4G2| c2e2d2 ec3d2|e2g2e2 fd3e2|f3ga2 ge3c2|d2A2B2 c4||

X:64 C:Page 33 T:Sweet Jessie the Flower of Dunblane. MBe.64 A:England;Cumbria;Towcett B:Matthew Betham MS, Towcett Cumbria, 1815 Z:VMP - Hugh Taylor, 2012 M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=60 R: N:The title is not easy to interpret, and someone has written over the title in a different hand, "Jessie" N:Yes the B part is 13 bars long! The tune was written by R A Smith before 1816, to fit words by the Scots N:poet Robert Tannahill (1774-1810) written in 1808, and I suspect bars 9 - 13 in the B music were intended N:as a 'fill' between verses. As normally sung, there are no repeats. N:The song was widely sold on penny sheets, and can also be found in The Union Imperial Songbook, printed N:in Edinburgh in 1815. N:NB-These 'd' notes were written as crotchet's. I have made them dotted. K:D d/e/|f>gf e>af|d>cd e/c>dB/|A>BG F>Ad|d>ef e2 d/e/| f>gf e>af|d>cd e/c>dB/|A>BG F>Ad|e>Bc d2:| |:f|f>de f>ba|f>de f>de|e>cd e>af|e>cB A2 A/d/| d>fe f>de|f>af g>ef|g>ab a>fd|e>Bc "^NB"d3| "^NB"d3 c>dB|"Qu's in MS"ABG F2 A/d/|f>af g>ef|g>ab a>fd|e>Bc d3:|

X:1 T:Lovely Sweet Jessie the Flower of Dunblain M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air B:Patrick McGahon music manuscript collection (1817, No. 97) N:McGahon was a scribe of Irish language literature who lived in N:Dungooley, County Louth, on the Armagh border. He was a N:teacher with The Irish Society in the early 19th century, but little N:else is known about him. A few tunes in the ms. are written in other N:hands. B:Pádraigín Ní UIallacháin – “A Hidden Ulster” (2003, p. 464) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D de|f>gf f<af|d>cd e<cdB|A>BG F>Ad|d>ef {f}e2 (d/e/)|f>gf e<af| d>cd e<cB/G/|A>BG F<Ad|e>Bc d2f|(f<d)e (f<b)a|fde (f<d)e| e>cd (e<af)|e<cB !fermata!A2 (A/>d/)|d>fe (f<d)e|(f>a)f g>ef|g>ab a<fd| e>Bc !fermata!d2 d/B/|ABA FA (d/e/)|f>af g<ef|g>ab a>fd|eBc d2||

X:1 T:Jesse the Flower of Dumblane M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air B:William Mackie manuscript collection (Aberdeen, early 19th century, p. 32) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D d/e/|f>gf ea>f|d>cd (ec)d/B/|A>BG FAd|d>ef (f<e) d/e/| f>gf e>af|d>cd e<c d/B/|ABG FAd|eBc d2|| (d/e/)|fde f<ba|fde f<df|ecd e<af|e<c (d/B/) A z d/e/| dfe f<d d/e/|faf g<ef|g>ab a<fd|eBc d f/e/c/d/B/| ABG F<A d/e/|faf g<ef|g>ab a<fd|eBc d2||

X:1 T:Song. Jesey. T:AKA – “Sweet Jesse the Flower of Dunblane M:6/8 L:1/16 R:Air Q:"Largo" B:John Burks music manuscript collection dated 1821 N:Nothing is known of Burks, although the provenance of his N:ms. is English. His music ms. surfaced in the United States, and had N: possibly been in the possession of his descendants until the N:mid-20th cent. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb B3c|d3ed2 cf3d2|B3AB2 cB3 BG|F3GE2 DF3B2|B3cd2 {d}c4 (Bc)|d3ed2 cf3d2| B3AB2 cA3BG|F3GE2 DF3 Bd|G3A B4 d>Bf>d|(f>ed>cB>A) (g>fe>dc>B)|c2G2A2 {B}B4d2| d2B2c2 dg3 {f}dd|d2B2c2 dB3 cB|c2A2B2 cf3d2|c3AG2 !fermata!F4F2|B3dc2 eB3c2| d3ef2 ec3d2|e3fg2 f2dB2|c2G2B2 B4 (c/B/A/G/) |F3F2E2D3F (Bc)|d3ef2 ec3d2| e3fg2 fd3B2|c2G2A2 B4 d>Bf>d|(f>ed>cB>A) (g>fe>dc>B)|c2G2A2 [B4b4]||

X:1 T:Jessie the Flower of Dumblane M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air S:John Rook music manuscript collection (Waverton, Cumbria, 1840, p. 151) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D d/e/|f>gf e<af|d>cd e<c^d/B/|ABG F>Ad|d>ef e2 d/e/| fgf e>af|dcd e<cd/B/|F>AG FAd/f/|e>Bc d2|| f|f>de f>ba|fde f>de|ecd eaf|e>cB A2 A/d/| d>fe f<de|faf gef|gab afd|e<Bc d2 d/{ce/d/c/d/}B/| ABG F/A/ de|faf gef|g>ab afd|eBc d2||

X:1 T:Jessy the flower of Drumblane M:6/8 L:1/8 B:John Moore music manuscript (Shropshire c. 1837-40, Book 2, p. 89) B: https://www.vwml.org/topics/historic-dance-and-tune-books/Moore2 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D (d/e/)|f>gf e>af|d>cd e>cd/B/|A>BA FAd|def {g}e2 d/e/| f>gf e>af|d>cd e>cd/B/|A>BA F<Ad|e>Bc d2|| f|f>de fba|fde fde|e>cd e<bf|e<cB {B}A2 A/c/| d>fe f<de|f>af g<ef|g>ab a<fd|e>Bc d2 d/B/| A>BA F<A (d/e/)|f>af ge>f|f>ab a<fd|e>Bc d2||

X:1 T:Jesse the Flower of Dunblane M:6/8 L:1/8 S:Wood's Songs of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1848 Z:Paul Kinder R:Air Q:"Andante con moto" K:G G/2A/2|B>cB A>dB|G>FG A<F G/2E/2|D>EC B,<DG|| GAB A2 G/2A/2|B>cB A<dB|GFG A<F G/2E/2|D>EC B,<DG|AE>F G2|| B|B>GA B<ed|BGA B<GB|A<FG A<dB|AF>E D2 D| G>BA BG>A|BdB cA>B|c>de dB>G|A>EF G2 G/2E/2| D>EC B,<D G/2A/2|BdB c<AB|c>de d<BG|AE>F G2||

X:1 T:Jessie the Flower of Dumblane M:6/8 L:1/16 C:R.A. Smith Q:"Not too fast—with feeling" B:Manson – Hamilton’s Universal Tune Book vol. 1 (1854, p. 98) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C (cd)|e3fe2 dg3e2|c3Bc2 (dB3) cA|G3AF2 E2G2c2|c3de2 (e2d2) cd| e3fe2 dg3e2|c3Bc2 dB3 cA|G3AF2 E2G2c2|d2A2B2 c4|| e2|e2c2d2 ea3g2|e2c3d e2c2d2|d2B2c2 d2g2e2|dB3 {B}A/3G/ G4G2| c2e2d2 ec3d2|e2g2e2 fd3e2|f3ga2 ge3c2|d2A2B2 c4||

X: 34 T: Jesse O: No 34 Pages 14-15 William Clarke of Feltwell MS 1858 N:Song tune : Jesse the Flower of Dunblane N:Used for Elwina of Waterloo, collected by CJSharp- see recording by M Humphreys & Anahata Fenlandia WGS CD 340 - 2009 Z: transcribed by Lyn Law M: 6/8 L: 1/8 K: C c/d/ | e>fe d<ge | c>Bc d<Bc/A/ | GAF EGc | cde !fermata!(ed) c/d/ | e>fe d<ge | c>Bc d<Bc/A/ | GAF EGc |dAB c2 :| |:e | ecd ea>g | ecd ecd | dBc dge | dBA G2AB | ced ecd | ege f!fermata!d e | f>ga g<ec | dAB c2 ||

X:1 T:Jessie, the Flower of Dunblane M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air S:Philip Carolan music manuscript collection N:Philip Carolan (c. 1839-1910, Crossmolina, County Mayo), a musically literate N:farmer and fiddler who compiled his ms. probably during 1863-1873. S:Angela Buckley, thesis, “A Critical Edition of the Irish Music Manuscripts of S:Philip Carolan c. 1839-1910, vol. 2”, Waterford Institute of Technology, S:2007, p. 64. Carolan ms. 1, No. 186. K:G (d/e/)|(f>g)f (e>a)f|(d>^c)d (e<c)(d/B/)|A>BG (F>A)d|(d>e)f {f}e2 (d/e/)| (f>g)f (e>a)f|(d>^c)d (e<c)(d/B/)|(A>BG) (F>A)d|{f}e>B^c d2:| |:f|(f>d)e (f>b)a|fde f<de|[M:C]d2a2 f>g ad|[M:6/8](^c>B c>d) e2A2|d2 (a>g) f>g fe| d2 a>b a2A2|d2a2 (bagf)|(gfed) ^c>d e>A|((B>^c d>B) edc)B |A2 d>e d3:|

Jesse the Flower of Dunblane: Annotations