X:1
T:Ghoid iad mo bhean uam an reir
T:They stole my wife last night
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Patrick McDonald - Collection of Highland Vocal Airs (1784)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A Minor
e3d c2d2|cA3 A4|c3A G2A2|GE3 E4|
e3d c2d2|cA3 A4|G3D EG3|A8||
A4 A3G|A4A4|G3E D2E2|C3D E2G2|
A4 A3G|A4A4|G3D EG3|A8||
GHOID IAD MO BHEAN UAM AN REIR (They stole my wife last night). Scottish, Air (4/4 time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. This air was originally published in Patrick McDonald's A Collection of Highland Vocal Airs (1784, No. 13). The tune has also been rendered as a strathspey and a Highland fling.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 5: Mostly Irish Airs), 1985 (revised 2000); p. 15.
Recorded sources : - Sona Gaia 155, Alasdair Fraser & Paul Machlis - "The Road North" (appears as "Gaelic Air"). Cynthia Cathcart - "Alchemy of a Rose" (2002).
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