Gin a Body Meet a Body

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 Theme code Index    5L5L22 5L6L11
 Also known as    Comin' Through the Rye, If a Body Meet a Body
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England, Scotland
 Genre/Style    Northumbrian/Borders, Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Strathspey
 Key/Tonic of    B
 Accidental    2 flats
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    ENGLAND(North East)
 Structure    AAB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:James Aird
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Selection of Scotch English Irish and Foreign Airs vol. 5
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 4, p. 2
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1797
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Gin a Body Meet a Body: Annotations


X:1
%
T:If a Body meet a Body
M:C
L:1/8
Q:"Slow"
B:Aird - Selection of Scotch English Irish and Foreign Airs vol. 5 (Glasgow, 1797, No. 4, p. 2)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
D<D DB A>G AB|D<D E>D G4|D<D d>B A>G AB|D<D E>D G4:|
|:d>B G>B A>G AB|dB (G/A/) (B/c/) e4|(3d<dB c>A BG AB|D<D E>D G4:|]
X:2
%
T:Gin a body meet a body
M:C
L:18
R:Air
S:Gow - 2nd Repository  (1802)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Bb
B|F<F F>d {d}c>Bcd|F<F ~G>F {F}B3G|F<F f>d (e/d/)c/B/ cd|F<F ~G>F B3:|
(d/e/)|f>eBd c>Bcd|f>dBd g3 a//b/|f>de>c d>Bcd|F<F ~G>F {F}B3 (d>e)|
f>dBd c>B c(d/e/)|(f/e/)(d/c/) Bd/f/ g3 (a/b/)|f>g (g/f)(e/d/) gc c>d|F<F ~G>F {F}B3||
X:1
%
T:Gin a body meet a body comin’ thro’ the rye
M:C
L:1/8
R:”Scottish air”
Q:"Moderate"
B:Manson – Hamilton’s Universal Tune Book, vol. 2 (1846, p. 44)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A<A A>f e>de<f|A<A {c}B>A d4|A<A a>f e>de<f|A<AB>A d4:|
|:a>fd>f {f}e>de<f|a>f (d/e/)(f/a/) !fermata!b3a|a>fg>e f<de>f|A<A{c}B>A d4:|]

Gin a Body Meet a Body: Annotations