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X:1 T:Twist ye twine ye even so M:C L:1/8 R:Air N:”A Spinning Wheel Song” Q:"Slowly and artlessly" S:Skinner – Scottish Violinist (1900) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F#Minor CFFA Gc c2 | BcAF FG ^EC | CFFA Gc c2 | Bc AB G{B}A F2 || ef de cd Bc | AB GA FG ^Ec | CFAF (Gd).c.B | c{e}d BA G{B}A F2 ||

TWIST YE TWINE YE EVEN SO. Scottish, Air (whole time). F Sharp Minor (Skinner/Violinist): E Minor (Skinner/Harp). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Twist ye twine ye even so" was composed by Aberdeenshire fiddler-composer and dancing master wikipedia:James_Scott_ Skinner" (1843-1927), who identified it as a "A spinning wheel song." The title comes from a Sir Walter Scott piece in his Miscellaneous Poems.

Twist ye, twine ye; even so
Mingle shades of joy and woe—
Hoe and fear, and peace and strife,
In the thread of human life.

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Skinner (The Scottish Violinist), 1900; p. 21. Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; p. 174.

See also listing at :
See Skinner's handwritten manuscript copy at the Univ. of Aberdeen's Skinner site [1]
Hear Fingal Cromar play the tune on Skinner's fiddle at youtube.com [2]

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