Auld Wife Ayond the Fire



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 X:1 T:Old Wife behind ye Fire M:C| L:1/8 R:Country Dance Tune B:Neal - Choice Collection of Country Dances (c. 1726) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G c2|B4 G2 B2|A2F2c2A2|B4 G2B2|A2G2 g2d2| B4 G2B2|A2F2c2A2|(Bc d2)A2B2|G4 G2:| B2(d2d2) de|=f2F2c2A2|Bc d2 A2B2|G4 G2:|  X:1 T:Old wife beyond the fire, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:David Young – Drummond Castle/Duke of Perth Manuscript (1734, No. 44) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G TB2 AG F/F/F cA|TB2 AG G/G/G gd|TB2 AG F/F/F cA|BdAB G2D2:|  X:1 T:Old Wife behind ye Fire M:C| L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances (London, 1740, p. 74) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G BG AF c2A2|BG cA g2d2|BG AF c2A2|Bd AB G2G2|| Bcde cdcA|B>cde fdgd|B>cde cdcA|BdAc G2 G2||   X:1 T:Ald wife ayond the fire, The M:C| L:1/8 B:David Young – “A Collection of Scotch Airs with the latest Variations Book II” B:AKA – The McFarlane Manuscript (c. 1741, No. 185, p. 233f) F: https://rmacd.com/music/macfarlane-manuscript/collection/pdfs/the_ald_wife_ayond_the_fire.pdf N:The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland K:Gmix c|TB2 (AG) FFcA|TB2 (AG) GGgd|TB2 (AG) FFcA|BdAB G2G:|   X:1 T:Old Wife beyond the Fire, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Air B:Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book V (1760, p. 2) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G TB2 AG EE cd|B2 AG GG gd|B2 AG EE cA|(B/c/d) AB G2G2:| (B/c/d) AB G2g2::BG (c/B/A/G/) (FA)cA|BG (d/c/B/A/) BG (g/f/e/d/)| BG (c/B/A/G/) (F/G/A/)c|(B/c/d/B/) (A/B/c/A/) G2g2::(B/c/d) Bg ca c(B/A/)| (B/c/d) Bg dbgd|(B/c/)d Bg ca c(B/A/)|B/d/B/G/ A/c/A/F/ G2g2:|]   X:3 T:Old Wife Beyond the Fire, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:William Vickers' music manuscript collection, p. 44 (Northumberland, 1770) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G c|B2 AG FAAc|B2 AG Bgec|B2 AG FAAc|dBcA G2c2:|   X:1 T:Auld Wife ayont the Fire, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel C:Attributed to William French by Riddell B:Robert Riddell – Collection of Scotch Galwegian Border Tunes (1794, p. 37) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G c|c>BA>G F>GA>c|c>BA>G G>Bg>d|(c>B)(A>G) F>GA>c|B>dA>B G2G:| B/c/d A>B G2G|c|Bd2 d/e/ =fc A/B/c/A/|Bd2 e/f/ g/f/e/d/ gd| B d2 d/e/ =fc A/B/c/A/|B/c/d/B/ A/B/c/A/ G2G::c|d/c/B/A/ TB>B c=F A/B/c/A/| d/c/B/A/ G>B gd B/c/d/B/|d/c/B/A/ TG>B c=F A/B/c/A/|B/c/d/B/ A/B/c/A/ G2G:| B/c/d/B/ A/B/c/A/ G2G:|c|.B.G.G,.B .c.A.A,.c|.B.G.G,.B .g.e.d.c| .B.G.G,.B .c.A.A,.c|B>cA>B G2G::c|.B.d.B,.d .c.e.C.c|.B.d.B,.d gfgd| .B.d.B,.d .c.e.C.c|B>dA>B G2G::c|B/G/D/B,/ G,/B,/D/G/ c/B/A/G/ F/G/A/c/| B/G/D/B,/ G,/B,/D/G/ B/d/e/f/ g/e/d/c/|B/G/D/B,/ G,/B,/D/G/ c/B/A/G/ F/G/A/c/| B/d/G/B/ c/A/F/A/ G/D/B,/D/ G,::c|B/d/g/d/ B/d/g/d/ c/e/g/e/ c/e/g/e/| B/d/g/d/ B/d/e/f/ g/b/a/f/ g/d/e/c/|B/d/g/d/ B/g/d/g/ c/e/g/f/ g/e/d/c/| B/d/G/B/ c/A/F/A/ G/D/B,/D/ G,!fine!||   X:1 T:Auld wife ayont the Fire, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:Gow - 1st Repository (1799) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G c|{c}B2 AG E/E/E cA|{c}B2 AG G/G/G gd|{c}B2 AG E/E/E (cA)|(B/c/d) A>B G2G:| c|B(dd)e c>dcB|Bddg (g/f/e/f/) g>d|B(dd>)e c>dcA|(B/c/d) (AB) G2 Gc| B(dd>)e c>dcA|Bddg (g/f/e/f/) g>d|B>cde c>dcA|BB {F}G3|| <section end=X17 /> <section begin=X21 /> X:2 T:Auld wife ayont the Fire L:1/8 M:C R:Strathspey Q:"Very Slow" S:Gow - 2nd Repository (1802) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G d|{c}B2 ~A>G FGA{B}c|{c}B2 ~A>G Gg g>d|(cB) ~AG F>GAc|(B<d) A>B {F}G2G:| c|B>cde ~c>dcA|(Bc)de de/f/ gd|B>cde c>dcA|(B<d) A>B {F}G2 G>c| B>cde ~c>dcA|B>c de/f/ (g/f/)g/a/ g>d|B>cde ~c>d cA|(B<d) A>B G2G|| <section end=X21 /> <section begin=X24 /> X:1 T:Auld Wife ayond the fire M:C L:1/8 Q:"Very Slow" S:John Rook music manuscript collection (Waverton, Cumbria, 1840, p. 190) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G d|{c}B2 AG FGA{B}c|{c}B2 ~AG Ggg>d|cBAG FGAc| B<dA>B {F}G2G:|c|TBcde ~c>dcA|TB>cde de/f/ gd| B>cde ~c>dcA|B<dA>B {F}G2 Gc|B>cde ~c>dcA| B>c de/f/ g/f/g/a/ g>d|B>cde ~c>dcA|BdAB G2G|| <section end=X24 />
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 * B>cde cdcA|Bd d(e/f/)|g/f/e/d/ gd|Bcde cdcA|B/c/d AB G2D2:|]
 * c|TB>c de cdTcA|TB d2 e/^f/ g/f/e/d/ gd|Bcde cc (d/c/B/A/)|(B/c/d) AB G2G:|]
 * Bdde cc (d/c/B/A/)|Bd (de/f/) (g/f/e/d/) gd|Bdde cc (d/c/B/A/)|
 * Bcde fA c2|Bcde fd g2|Bcde fAcA|BgAF G2c2:|
 * c|B>dd>e c>dc>A|B>dd>e f>dg>d|B>dd>e c>dc>A|B>dA>B G2G:|
 * c|TB>d c/B/A/G/ F>GAc|TB>d c/B/A/G/ G>Bg>d|TB>d c/B/A/G/ F>GAc|
 * c|B/c/d/e/ de =f/e/f/c/ A/B/c/A/|B/c/d/e/ de/f/ g/f/g/a/ g/e/d/c/|B/c/d/e/ d/=f/e/g/ f/g/f/c/ A/B/c/A/|

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