Cock Laird (The)

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 Theme code Index    7b51H 7b5#6
 Also known as    Cock-Laird fu' Caigie (A)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    E
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Dorian
 Time signature    3/4
 History    
 Structure    One part, AABBCCDDEEFF
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:William Thomson
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Orpheus Caledonius
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 26
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1725
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    
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Cock Laird (The): Annotations


X:1
T:Cock-Laird fu' Caigie, A
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
B:William Thomson - Orpheus Caleondius (1725)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:F
d|c A d c A B|c>d (c/B/) A2 d|c A d c A B|
c>d (c/B/) A2 D|F3>G A G>F E|F/D/ z ^c d2 D|
F>G A G>F E|F/A/ z^C D2||
X:2
T:Cock Laird, The
M:3/4
L:1/8
N:"Slow"
R:Air
B:Oswald - Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 2 (1760, p. 32)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Emin
"Slow"e2|(d^c) B2e2|(d2B2)^c2|d3 ed^c|B4 (e^d)|e3f (e/f/g)|
G3 ABc|d3 edc|B4 :: F2|G3 ABc|{B}TA3G F2|
G2 (FE) (e<^d)|{d}e4 (EF)|G3 ABc|{B}A3 G F2|GA B2 ^D2|E4:|
B2|e6|d6|c3B (A/B/c)|{c}TB3 A G2|g4 f2|
{e}e3d B2|TA2G2A2|B4::F2|G6|A6|B2e2^d2|
{d}e4 EF|G3A B2|A3B {AB}c2|{c}B2A2B2|E4:|
P:Giga
M:6/8
L:1/8
|:e|(dB)A G2e|(dB)A G2A|(Be)d TB2A|
(GA)F E2:||:F|G2A (BA)G|(dB)G (AF)D|
G2A (Bg)f|e2d B2g|(dB)g TB2A|GAF E2:|]
X:1
T:Cock Laird fu’ Cadgie, A
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5 
B:(Glasgow, 1797, No. 58, p. 23)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Emin
e|dBe dBc|d>ed/c/ B2e|dBe dBc|d>ed/c/ B2F|
G>AB A>GF|G<E^d e2F|G>AB A>GF|G<B^D E2||

Cock Laird (The): Annotations