Annotation:How melancholy am I
X:1 T:How melancholy am I T:Gur muladach a ta mi M:C L:1/16 R:Air S:Simon Fraser Collection (1816) K:Amin (cB/A/)|GE3 E3^G A4 c3d|e4 e3c e2d2d2 za|g3ed3e A4 c3d| e4 d3B c2A2 A2 cB/A/|GE3 E3^G A4 ~c3d|(e4 e3)c e2d2d2 za| g3ed3e A4 c3d|e4 d3B c2A2 A2||B2|c3A G3E A4 c3d| ea3 g3f e2d2d2e2|a3^ga2c2 A4 cd3|e4 dB3 c2A2A2 zB|c3AG3E A4 c3d| ea3 g3f e2d2d2 z2 a/^g/a/b/|c'3BA3G e4 d3B|c3de3c d2c2B2c2 A2||
HOW MELANCHOLY AM I ("Gur Muladach a Ta Mi" or "Gur muladach tha mi"). AKA - "I am in sorrow." Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 or 3/4 time). A Minor (Fraser): G Major (Dunn & Graham). Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Dunn & Graham): AB (Fraser). "This is an air, not alluding to any melancholy event, as it would infer from the translation of the name, but of the same cast with No. 1, passionately descriptive of the listless and languid state of an extravagant lover, whose affections are fixed, and had yet obtained no encouragement to hope for final success. There are words by Mrs. Fraser of Bruiach, formerly mentioned, and mother of Lieutenant-General Fraser, late second in command in Scotland under Earl Moira,, sung by the editor's progenitor" (Fraser). See also the similarly titled "Och! Mar tha mi" (How sad am I).
