Annotation:Saw Ye Not My Meggy
X:182
T:Saw Ye Not My Meggy. HA.181
M:3/2
L:1/8
Q:1/2=100
S:Henry Atkinson’s original MS,Hartburn,N’umberland,1694.
O:England
A:Hartburn,Northumberland
N:Tune clearly 3/2, re-barred accordingly . Key probably Gdorian.NBr
N:cf The Boarding School,(Play) by Charles Coffey (as ..Peggy), 1733.Also
N:Margaret
N:Sinkler Ms,1710 (as ..Peggy). But not recognisable as the same tune.CGP
H:1/8
Z:vmp.Neil Brookes, Jan.2004
K:F
"_Barred 4/4 in MS"d2g2 g3"^*"f d2B2|d2f2 gfed cdec|\
d2g2 g3"^*"f d2B2| cBcd fedc g2g2:|
|:B3c d2g2 fdcB| cBcd fdcB g2G2|B3c d2g2 fdcB| cBcd fdcB G2G2:|
W:notes marked "^*" have an acute accent over them-stress?|
SAW YE NOT MY MEGGY. English, Air (3/2 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Saw Ye Not My Meggy" was entered in the c. 1694 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician Henry Atkinson of Hartburn. The title is nearly the same as "Saw ye nae my Peggy", printed by Oswald and McGibbon in the mid-18th century, and by Aird in 1788. However, though the tunes share a rhythm and general similarity, they are not musically cognate.
