Annotation:Hamlet where my lover dwells (The)

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 HAMLET WHERE MY LOVER DWELLS, THE (Am baile 'm beil mo leannan fein). Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "The editor never heard this air sung with any taste, but by his father; the words must have been different from those now current, as the air was rendered slow and plaintive, though frequently now sung in dancing time, which destroys it" (Fraser).  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1816/1874; No. 71, p. 26.  Recorded sources:

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