Annotation:When the King came o'er the water
X:2 T:When the King came o’er the Water M:C L:1/8 R:Air N:”Slow” S:McGibbon – Scots Tunes, book II, p. 40 (c. 1746) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Dmin "Slow"d3cd2f2 | c>dcA F2(GA) | B2(AG) d2T(cA) |TG3FD2 :| |: G2 | F2(f>g)f3g | (f>gf)d c3f | d2(ga)Tg3a | g>agf d3f | (cd)(fg) {f/g/}a2 g>a |f2 (F>G)A2 (GF) |B2(AG) d2T(cA) |TG3FD4 :|]
WHEN THE KING CAME O'ER THE (BOYNE) WATER(S). AKA and see "Boyne Water (1)," "Cavalcade of the Boyne," "King William's March." Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The air dates back at least to the end of the 17th century (see "annotation:Boyne Water (1)" for more). Poet Robert Burns employed the air as the vehicle for his song "Now westlin winds", published in Edinburgh in James Johnson's Scots Musical Museum.
