Annotation:Lasses of the Borders (The)
X: 1 T:The Lasses of the Borders M:6/8 L:1/8 R:jig S:Calvert Collection (1799) Z:Transcribed by Philip Whittaker K:D F | D2 A2 Bc | (dcd) AFD | BGE AFD | EF/G/ E/D/ ECA,| D2 A2 Bc | (dcd) AFA | BcB e2d | TcAc d2 || A | (dcd) efg | afd def | geg fdf | {f}ged cBA | (dcd) efg | afd def | BcB {B}e2d | TcAc d2A | dcd efg | fgf def | geg fdf | {f}ged cBA | dBd cAc | BGB AFA | BcB {B}e2d | TcAc d2 ||
LASSES OF THE BORDERS, THE. Scottish, Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune appears in the 1799 collection by Thomas Calvert, a musician from Kelso, Scotland, in the Borders region. A note with the collection states that Calvert supplied "a variety of music and instruments, instruments lent out, tun'd and repaired."
