When I Followed a Lass
X:1 T:When I Followed a Lass M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air S:Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. II (1785) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G G/A/ | B>cB BAG | GAG A2 d/c/ | B>AG AGF | AGA GGA | BcB BAG | ABA Adc | BAG AGF | G2G G2 :| |: d | g2d e2d | dgd e2d | gfe dBG | ABA A2 d/c/ | BcB BAG | ABA Adc | BAG AGF | GGG G2 :|]
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T:When I Follow’d a Lass
M:6/8
L:1/8
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S:The Buttery Manuscript (c. 1784-1820, No. 512)
N:John Buttery (1784-1854) joined the 34th Regiment in Lincoln,
N:Lincolnshire, England, in 1797 and served as a fifer until discharged in
N:1814. His large ms. contains marches, duty calls, dance tunes and airs.
N:EASMES identifies this as the Fife MS. and suggests a date of 1780, see
N:https://www.cdss.org/elibrary/Easmes/Index.htm
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
(G/A/)|B>cB B>AG|ABA A2 d/c/|B>AG A>GF|GAG G2 (G/A/)|
B>cB B>AG|ABA Adc|BAG AGF|G2 G G2:|
|:d|g2d Te2d|dgd Te2d|gfe dBG|ABA A2 d/c/|
BcB BAG|ABA Adc|BAG AGF|GGG G2:|]