Bonniest Lass in a' the World (1) (The)

 BONNIEST LASS IN A' THE WORLD [1], THE. Scottish, Air (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The song appears in numerous 18th century publications, beginning with Alexander Stuart's Musick for Allan Ramsey's Collection of Scots Songs (Edinburgh, 1724). It also appears in Joseph Mitchell's 1731 ballad opera The Highland Fair; or, Union of the Clans, John Watts' Musical Miscellany, vol. 6 (London, 1731), William Thompson's Orpheus Caledoneus (London, 1733), and James Oswald's Caledonian Pocket Companion (London, 1760), among other publications. "Bonniest Lass in all the World" also can be found on various song sheets and in fiddlers' manuscript collections on both sides of the Atlantic. In America, it was published in Riley's Flute Melodies, vol. 2 (New York, 1817). Source for notated version: Sterling Baker (b. Mid-1940's, Morell, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island; now resident of Montague) [Perlman]. Printed sources: Gow (Vocal Melodies of Scotland), c. 1800. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 131. McGibbon (Scots Tunes, book III), 1762; p. 61. McGlashan (Collection of Scots Measures), 177?; p. 10. Perlman (Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 206. X:1 T:Bonniest Lass in a the Warld [1] M:C| L:1/8 B:McGlashan - Collection of Scots Measures (c. 177?) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G GA | B2D2E2G2 | cBAG E2 DE | G2g2 degd | e4 d2ef | gfed efgB | cBAG E2DE | G2g2 decd | B3A G2 :: ef | gfed efge | agfe fgaf | gfga bgab | e3 d2ga | bage degB | cBAG E2DE | G2g2 decd | G3A G2 :||

X:2 T:Bonniest Lass in a the Warld, The [1] M:C| L:1/8 N:"Brisk" S:McGibbon - Scots Tunes, book III, pg. 61 (1762) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G GA | B2D2E2G2 | (cB)!trill!(AG) E2 DE | G2g2 degd | !trill!e4 d2ef | gfed (efg)B | (cB)!trill!(AG) E2 DE | G2g2 decd | !trill!B3AG2 :: ef | gfed efge | agfe fgaf | gfga bgab | !trill!e4d2 ga | bage degB | (cB)!trill!(AG) E2 DE | G2g2 decd | !trill!B3A G2 :: GA | BdDG !trill!(E>DE)G | (cB)!trill!(AG) EGDE | GGBd g(b/a/g/f/e/d/) | !trill!e4 d2 ef | g(b/a/g/f/e/d/) e(g/f/e/d/c/B/) | (cB)(AG) EGDE | G!trill!g(fe) (d/c/d/)e/ (c/B/c/)d/ | !trill!B3A G2 :: e/f/ | (g/f/g/f/ e)d efge | (a/g/a/g/ f)e f/d/f/g/ a/f/g/a/ | gfga b(g/a/b/g/a/b/) | !trill!e4d2 ga | (b/a/b/a/ g)e d(g/f/e/d/c/B/) | cB/c/ !trill!AG E2 DE | Gg2 f/e/ d/(g/f/e/)(d/c/B/)c/ | !trill!B3A G2 :: GA | B d2 d E G2B | (Ac/B/ A/B/A/G/) E2 DE | G B2d2e/f/ gd | !trill!e4d2ef | gb/g/ dg/d/ eg/e/ Bd/B/ | (c/d/c/B/) (A/B/A/G/) E2 DE | G(g/f/) {a}g(f/e/) dA/B/ cd | B/(g/f/e/) (d/c/B/A/) G2 :: ef | gde=f ({f}e2)ze | (a/g/a/)b/ (a/b/a/g/) !trill!f3f | gfga bdgb | !trill!e4 d2ga | (b/a/g) (g/f/e) ({e}d3)B | (cB)!trill!(AG) EGDE | Gg2f/e/ (dc/B/ A/B/c/)d/ | !trill!B3AG2 :||

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