Annotation:Saoil a Mhòr am pòs thu?

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X: 1 T: Saoil, A Mhor, Am Pos Thu? R: slip jig M: 9/8 L: 1/8 K: Emin |: E2 E G2 d BAD | E^DE G2 d B2 F |\ E2 E G2 A BAd | edB B2 A G2 F :| |: BcB B2 E G2 A | B2 B eBe gdc |\ B^AB dcB =AFd | D/E/FD AF/G/A B2 c :|


SAOIL, A MHÒR, AM PÒS THU? (Mary, do you think you’ll marry?). AKA – "Fiollegean," "Fiollagan," “Morag, will you marry?” Scottish, Air and Jig (9/8 time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A humorous puairt-a-beul (mouth music) song in which the composer teases the prospective bride, saying that many thought she would never marry wee Finlay. The words begin:

Saoil a Mhòr am pòs thu?
Saoil am pòs thu Fiullaigean?
Saoil a Mhòr am pòs thu?
Theireadh gu leòr nach b’urrainn dhuit.


Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Davy Garrett (An Fhideag Airgid), 1994; p. Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; p. 83.

Recorded sources: -

See also listing at:
Hear the song performed by a Gaelic choir from Oban at Tobar an Dualchais [1][2]


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