Annotation:And ye shall walk in silk attire
X:1 T:And ye shall walk in silk attire C:"By a nobleman" N:Printed copies say "Air by a Lady" with arrangement by Henry Bishop. M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Air B: James Barry music manuscript collection (19th cent., No. 1534, p. 463) N: Barry (1819-1905) was a miller and fiddler who lived at N:Six Mile Brook, Pictou County, Nova Scotia. F: https://jamesbarrymusic.ca Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C (c/d/)|eg (f/e/)(d/c/)|c'>b (d'/c/)(b/a/)|g>g (a/g/)(f/e/)|(e2d) c/d/|e3g (f/e/)(d/c/)|c'>b (d'/c'/)(b/a/)| ge d>e|c3g|c'>b a(b/c'/)|d'b gg/g/|(ab)c'd'|(c'2 b)g|(f/e/)(d/c/) gg|(a/g/)(a/b/) !fermata!c'>a| ge d(e/d/)|c3g|c>b (d'/>c'/)(b/a/)|gecg|c'(b/a/) d'>c'|(c'2b)g|(f/e/)(d/c/) gg}ab !fermata!c'>a|ged>B|c3||
AND YE SHALL WALK IN SILK ATTIRE. AKA - "The Siller Crown." English, Song Air (2/4 or whole time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. "And ye shall walk in silk attire" is the name of an English song [Roud No. 8500], advertised as "Air by a Lady--the Symphonies and accompaniments by Sir Henry Rowley Bishop." The words (and presumably the air) are by Susanna Blamire (1747-1794), "The Muse of Cumberland". They begin:
And ye shall walk in silk attire
And siller have to spare,
Gin ye'll consent to be his bride
Nor think on Donald mair.
Oh! Who would buy a silken gown,
With a poor broken heart?
And what's to me a siller crown,
If from my love I part?
A version of the air, not identical, was entered into the huge 19th century music manuscript collection[1] (No. 1534, p. 463) of dairy farmer, miller, sometime printer and bookbinder, and fiddler James Barry (1819-1906) of Six Mile Brook, Pictou County, northern Nova Scotia.
