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Annotation:O'er the Muir to Ketty
X:1 T:O'er the muir to Katie M:C| L:1/8 B:David Young – “A Collection of Scotch Airs with the latest Variations Book II” B:AKA – The McFarlane Manuscript (c. 1741, No. 143, p. 201) F: https://rmacd.com/music/macfarlane-manuscript/collection/pdfs/o_er_the_muir_to_katie.pdf N:The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland K:D TF>E|TD3 F ABAF|A2d2Td3A|Bcde f2 (e/d/)|e2E2TE2 FE| D3F ABAF|A2d2Td3A|BcdB edce|d2D2TD2:| |:d/e/|fedB ABdA|B2d2Td3F|GABA BAGF|E2e2Te2 de| fedf edce|dcTBA BAGF|EFGE AGTFE|D2d2Td2:|]
O'ER THE MUIR TO KETTY. AKA - "O'er the Moor to Kitty." AKA and see "Ketty's Scots Measure," "Madam McKeeny's Scotch-Measure," "Major Montgomerie's Quick Step," "My Daddy O." Scottish, Scots Measure. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A different tune than James Oswald's similarly titled "O’er the Moor to Katie." For remarks on the "O'er the Muir to Ketty" tune family, see note for Playford's "Madam McKeeny's Scotch-Measure." See also the cognate "Caledonian Lass (The)" in volume 1 (p. 214) of the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper James Goodman.
