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Annotation:Janet Tyed the Bonnet Tight
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X:1 T:Janet tyed the Bonnet tight M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:John McLachlan - Piper’s Assistant (1854, No. 111, p. 68) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amix B|AAAg fdec|AAAd cAAB|AAAg fdef|gfgd BGG:| g|fgaf gfed|ceAe ceAe|g2 ag fddf|gfgd BGGg| fdgaf gfed|ceAe ce ef/g/|afge fdef|gfgd BGG||
JANET TYED THE BONNET TIGHT. AKA - "Jenny/Jeanie Tied the Bonnet Tight." Scottish, Reel (whole time). A Mixoldyian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Nigel Gatherer finds the tune in Brendan Breatnach's Ceol Rince na hÉireann, and in Ireland it goes by the titles "Upstairs in a Tent (2)", "Jenny Tie Your Bonnet" and "In and Out the Harbor (1)."
