Bonny Lass to Marry Me (A)

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 Theme code Index    1323 5L326L
 Also known as    Bonny Lass to Me (A)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Robert Bremner
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:A Collection of Scots Reels
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 24
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1757
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Bonny Lass to Marry Me,--I suppose. M:C| L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Brisk" B:James Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 4 (1760, p. 21) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G G2 BG AGBG|D2 BG AGEA|G2 BG cBAc|BAGE ED D2:| |:dedB AGAB|dgdB AG E2|d(e/f/ g)B TAGAB|GAGE ED D2:| |:GGBG AGBG|DDBG AGEA|GGBG dBAB|GAGE ED D2:| |:dgBg dgBg|egGB AB E2|dgBg egAB|GAGE ED D2:| |:g2 bg agbg|d2 bg agea|gbag ed Bg|GAGE ED D2:| |:TedBg TedBg|TedBG AB E2|edBg TedBA|GAGE ED D2:|]


X:1 T:Bonny Lass to Marry Me, A M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:Aird - Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. II (1785, No. 23, p. 9) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G D | G2 BG AGBG | DGBG AGEA | G2 BG cBAB | GAGE D/D/D D :| |: e | dgdB AGAB | dgBg AG E2 | de/f/ gB AGAB | GAGE D/D/D D :||


X: 1 T:Bonny Lass To Marry Me. BF11.32 M:2/2 L:1/8 Q:1/2=90 C:Hand of James Lishman S:MS11,c1800?.,Browne Coll.,Lakes R:.Reel O:England A:Lakes Z:vmp.Cherri Graebe. K:G major zD|G2BG AGBG|D2BG A>GEA|G/2G/2G BG cBAB|GBGE D/2D/2DD2:|! |:dgdB A>GAB|dgBg cBE2|(de/2f/2g)B A>GAB|GBGE ED D2:|


X:1 T:Bonny Lass to Marry Me, A M:C L:1/8 R:Reel S:John Rook music manuscript collection (Waverly, Cumbria, 1840, p. 44) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G DGBG dGBG|DGBG EA A2|DGBG dGBg|dcBA BG G2:| |:dg g2 dgbg|agbg ea a2|dg g2 dgbg|1 agbg dg g2:|2 dcBA BG G2||


X:2 T:Bonny Lass to Marry Me, A M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:William Sydney Mount (1807-1868) manuscripts, c. 1840's? Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G D | G2 BG AGBG | D2 BG AGEA | G/G/G BG cBAB | GBGE D/D/D D2 :| |: dgdB TA>GAB | dgBg TA>G E2 | (de/f/g)B TA>GAB | GBGE ED D2 :||


X:1 T:Bonny Lass to Me, A M:C L:1/8 R:Reel N:Goodman obtained the tune from 19th century bookseller N:John O'Daly's manuscript. S:Rev. James Goodman music manuscript collection (vol. 2, p. 149) F:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=152&z=1050.2687%2C1406.2866%2C6191.5237%2C2154.0638 F:at Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie N:Canon Goodman was a uilleann piper and cleric who collected primarily N:in County Cork from a variety of sources in the mid-19th century Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D D|GGBG AGBG|DGBG AG E2|GGBG cBAB|GAGE ED D2:| |:dedB AGAB|dgBg AG E2|de/f/ gB AGAB|GAGE ED D2:|]


X:252 T:Bonny Lass to Marry Me. Roose.0252, A B:J.Roose MS, Manchester 1850 Z:Village Music Project 2019 Quinton Cumbes M:C L:1/8 Q:1/4=140 %K:G "_Two sharps in ms" D|G2 BG AGBG|EGBG AGEA|G2 BG cBAB|GAGE D/D/D D:| |:e|dgdB AGAB|dgBg AG E2|de/f/ gB AGAB|GAGE D/D/D D:|


X:1 T:Bonny Lass to Marry Me, A M:C L:1/8 R:Reel S:Philip Carolan music manuscript collection N:Philip Carolan (c. 1839-1910, Crossmolina, County Mayo), a musically literate N:farmer and fiddler who compiled his ms. probably during 1863-1873. S:Angela Buckley, thesis, “A Critical Edition of the Irish Music Manuscripts of S:Philip Carolan c. 1839-1910, vol. 2”, Waterford Institute of Technology, S:2007, p. 34. Carolan ms. 1, No. 96. K:G D|GGBG AGBG|DGBG AG E2|GGBG cBAB|GAGE (ED) D2:| |:dedB AGAB|dgBg AG E2|de/f/ gB AGAB|GAGE ED D2:|