Annotation:I Winna Gae to Bed

Back to 

 I WINNA GAE TO BED (UNTIL I'M MARRIED). AKA  "I Winna Gan to My Bed Till I Get a Man." Scottish, English; Reel. England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he published c. 1800.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 517 (appears as "I Winna Gae to Bed Until I'm Married"). Gow (Complete Repository), Part 2, 1820; p. 24. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 46. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 97.

 Recorded sources:

Back to