Annotation:Bonny Wee Thing (1) (The)
X:1 T:Bonnie Wee Thing [1], The M:C L:1/8 R:Highland Schottische S:Kerr - Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 196 (c. 1880's) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A e<c B>A F>G A2|e<c B>A (3def e2|d<c B>A F>GA>F|E<E F>G (A2A)z| e<c B>A F>G A2|e<c B>A (3def e2|d<c B<A F>GA>F|E<E F>G (A2A)z|| (A2 A>)c e<c B>A|e>cB>A (3def e2|A2 A>G A>Bc>d|(3eag (3fed c2B2| (A2 A>)c e<c B>A|e>cB>A (3def e2|d>cB>A F>GA>F|E<E F>G (A2A)z||
BONNY WEE THING [1], THE. Scottish, Highland Schottische or Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune was used by poet Robert Burns for one of his songs. Antiquarian John Glen finds the tune first printed in Robert Bremner's 1757 collection (p. 40) as "Bonny Wi Thing," under which title it appears in the Gillespie Manuscript of Perth (1768).
