Auld Lang Syne (1)
X:1 T:Old Long Signe T:Auld Lang Syne [1] M:4/4 L:1/8 R:Air N:Probably to be played as a dance rather than a listening tune i.e. not slow B:Bowie Manuscript (c. 1695, f.31v) N:The MS was once in the possession of George Bowie, who entered his N:name with the date 1705 in the front. It is unlikely that Bowie was the author N:of the MS., which, at any rate contains a number of known and suspected N:compositions of John McLachlan, an Edinburgh musician in the 1690's. Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F V:1 clef=treble name="1." [V:1] de|f3g fg a2|c2 cd c2 BA|f2c2g3f|d4 d2:| |:fg|a2F2 AcdF|A2G2G2 AB|cAcd cdcA|cAcd f3g| agfd fdcA|BAGF GABG|cAcd fcdA|c4 c2:| |:de|fcfg fgaA|cAcd cdcA|f>ag>f e>c e/f/g/e/|dcAc dcde| fcfg fgaA|cAcd cdcA|f>ag>f e>c e/f/g/e/|dcAc dcde| fcfg fgaA|cAcd cdcA|f>ag>f e>c e/f/g/e/|dcAc defg| a2f2f2 af|a2 g4 AB|cf2c cAfA|cAcd cdfg| afgd fcdf|cAGF GAGF|CDFG AcdA|c4 c2||fg| a2f2f2 af|a2 g4 AB|c f2d cAfA|cAcd cdfg| afgd fcdf|cAGF GAGF|CDFG AcdA|c4 c2|| |:de|fagf egfe|dfed cFcA|fdgf ecfe|d4 d2:| |:cB|AfFc AFcA|B/A/B/c/ d/c/B/A/ GABG|Af2d cAfA|cfAc d/c/d/e/ fg| a/g/f/e/ f/e/d/c/|dfAc|Bg B G?F/G/A/ Bc|A/B/A/G/ F/G/A/B/ cAfA|c4 c2:|]
X:1
T:Auld Lang Syne [1]
M:C
L:1/8
B:Alexander Stuart – “Musick for Allan Ramsay’s Collection” (Edinburgh, c. 1720, pp. 20-21 )
F: https://digital.tcl.sc.edu/digital/collection/rbc/id/2960
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
V:1
cd|f3g fg a2|c2A2G2F2|f2c2 (f/g/a) g>f|d3f d2:|
|:fg|a2 F2 Acdf|A2 GA G3A|c3d cdcA|cAcd f2 cB|
A2 GF ABcA|dcBA GBAB|cAcd fcdA|c3d c2:|
V:2 clef = bass
z2|F,2C,2A,,2F,,2|A,2F,2C,2A,,2|F,,2A,,2F,2C,2|D,2A,,2D,,2:|
|:z2|F,2A,2C2B,2|F,2C,2F,,2z2|A,2B,2A,2F,2|A,F,A,B, A,2E,2|
F,2C,2F,2A,2|B,A,G,F, C,2F,2|A,2F,2A,,2F,,2|F,2C,2F,,2:|
X:2
T:Auld lang syne [1]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Air
B:William Thomson - Orpheus Caledonius (1725, No. 31)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:F
V:1 clef=treble name="2."
[V:1] c2|f3g (fg)a2|c2A2 G3F|f3g (f/g/a) (gf)| {f}d6c2|
f3g (fg) a2|c2A2TG3F|F3g (f/g/a) (gf)|{f}d6||
f2|A2 (GF) F2 (GA)|B3A G2A2|c3d c2 (BA)|f6 c2|
A2 (GF) F2 (GA)|B3A G3A|c3 d (cdcA)|c6||
X:2
T:Auld Long Syne [1]
M:C
L:1/8
Q:"Slow"
B:Oswald - Caledonian Pocket Companion Book 3 (1760, p. 21)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:F
V:1 clef=treble name="3."
[V:1] cd|f3g (fg) a2|c2A2TG2F2|f2c2 f/g/a Tg>f|d3f d2:|
|:fg|a2F2 (Ac)dF|A2 (GA) G3A|c3d (cd)(cA)|(cA)(cd) f2 (cB)|
A2 (GF) (AB)(cA)|(dc)(BA) GBAB|cAcd fcdA|c3 d c3:|
|:(cd)|(fc) a2 (ag)(gf)|(fc)(df) cA (GF)|f2F2 (f/g/a) T(g>f)|d3 f d2:|
|:f2|(cA)(GF) F3G|(Af)(cA) G3A|(cA)(cd) (c/A/c/)d/ (c/d/c/)A/|cAcd f3g|
(a/g/f) d2 (f/d/c) A>f|(d/c/A) F>A G3A|c3d (c/d/f/c/) dA|c3d c2:|]
X:3
T:Auld lang Syne [1]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
Q:"Slow"
S:McGibbon - Scots Tunes, Book 1 (c. 1762)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:F
V:1 clef=treble name="4."
[V:1] cd | f3g (fg) a2 | c2A2 !trill!G2F2 | f2d2 (fg/a/) !trill!(g>f) | d3f d2 :|
|: fg | a2F2 (Ac)dF | A2(GA) G3A | c3d (cd)cA | (cA)(cd) f2 (cB) |
A2 (GF) A>BcA | (dc)!trill!(BA) G(BAB) | (cA)(cd) (fc)(dA) | c3d c2 :|
|: cd | fcfg (f>ga)A | (cA)cd (cA)!trill!(GF) | fcfg (f/g/a) !trill!(g>f) | d3f d2 :|
|: fg | (a/g/f/g/ a)F Acdf | A2 (GA) G3A | (c/B/A/B/ c)d (f/d/c) (d/c/A) |cAcd f2 (cB)|
Ac (B/A/)(G/F/) (A/G/A/B/) (A/B/c/A/) | (dc/)d (BA/)B (GB)(AB) | (c/A/G/A/) cd (f/d/c) (d/c/A) | c3d c2 :||