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BONNIE LASSIE CANNIE LASSIE KEN YE WHAT THE FIDDLE SAYS. Scottish, Reel (cut time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCDEF. Riddell notes: “This is also called the Maxwell’s Rant and was composed in honor of that ancient family. An unprinted reel fills up the page.”

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Printed sources: Riddell (A Collection of Scotch, Galwegian & Border Tunes), 1794; p. 20.

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