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 Theme code Index    5353 5316L
 Also known as    Before I Was Married (2), Billy O'Rourke's Jig (1), Black Rogue (1), Come Under My Plaidie, Johnny McGill, Life is all Chequered, My Silly Auld Man, Rogaire Dubh (An), Paddy McNicholas, Sheets and Blankets was Bare
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    F
 Accidental    1 flat
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Alexander McGlashan
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:A Collection of Scots Measures
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 33
 Year of publication/Date of MS    c. 1780
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Johnny McGill M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:McGlashan - A Collection of Scots Measures (c. 1780, p. 33) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F f|cAA TAGA|cAA A2f|cAA TAGA|FDD D2f| cAA AGA|cAA AGF|G3 TAGA|FDD D2:| |:c|f3 Tg3{fg}|afd cAF|f3 Tg3{fg}|afd d2 f/g/| afa geg|fde f2 d|cAA TAGA|FDD D2:|]


X:2 T:Johnny Macgill (sic) M:6/8 L:1/8 S:Aird - Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs vol. II (1785) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G g | dBB BAG | dBB B2g | dBB BAB | GEE E2g | dBB BAG | dBB BAG | A3 BAB | GEE E2 :| |: f | g3 aga | bge dBG | g3 aga | bge ega | bgb afa | geg g2e | dBB BAB | GEE E2 :|]


X:1 T:Johnny MacGill M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air S:Henry Hudson manuscript collection c. 1841 (Dublin, No. 260) N:Hudson was a Dublin dentist and an early collector. He was N:music editor of The Citizen or Dublin Monthly Magazine from N:1841-1843. F: http://rarebooks.library.nd.edu/digital/bookreader/MSE_1434-2/#page/7/mode/1up Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Eb e|BGG GFE|BGG G2 e|BGG GFG|ECC C2e| BGG GFG|BGG GFE|FEF GFG|ECC C2|| B|ede fef|gec BAG|ede fef|gec c2 e/f/| geg fdf|ecd !fermata!edc|BGG GFG|ECC C2||


X:1 T:Johnny McGill Jig M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Milne – Middleton’s Selection of Strathspeys, Reels &c. for the Violin (1870, p. 47) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G g|dBB BAG|dBB (B2g)|dBB BAB|GEE (E2g)| dBB BAG|dBB B2 A/G/|ABc BAB|GEE E2:| |:d|gfg aga |bge dBG|gfg aga|bge e2 g/a/| bgb afa|gef g2 f/e/|dBB BAB |GEE E2:|]


X:1 T:Johnny MacGill M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F f|cAA AGF|cAA A2f|cAA AGA|FDD D2f| cAA AGF|cAA AGF|G3 AGA|FDD D2:| |:c|f3 g3|afd dAF|f3 g3|afd d2 f/g/| afa geg|fde f2d|cAF G2A|FDD D2:|]


X:98 T:Johnny McGill B:American Veteran Fifer (1902, #98) M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:1/8=300 K:G t=8 g | dBB BAG | dBB B2g | dBB BAB | GEE E2g | dBB BAG | dBB BAG | A3 BAB | GEE E2 :| |: d | g3 aga | bge dBG | g3 aga | bge ega | bgb afa | gef g2e | dBB BAB | GEE E2 :|