Annotation:Gin Thou Wert Mine Own Thing

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 GIN THOU WERT MINE OWN THING. AKA and see "Scotch Song (A)," "An thou were my ain thing." Scottish, English; Country Dance Tune and Air. The air appears parodied in John Gay's Beggar's Opera (1729) under the title "Oh what pain it is to part."  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 55.  Recorded sources:

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