Give Me a Lass with a Lump of Land

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 Theme code Index    2676 261H5
 Also known as    Gi’e me a Lass wi’ a Lump o’ Land, My lame leg has kept me behind, Top of the Hill (The)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:William Thomson
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Orpheus Caledonius vol. 2
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 12, p. 45
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1733
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Lass with a Lump of Land, A M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air B:William Thomson - Orpheus Caledonius, vol. 2 (1733, No. 12, p. 45) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F f>gf f e d |e2f g2g|f>g f fe d|cd/e/ f c A F| f>g f fe d|f e f g2g|f>g f fe d|cd/e/ f c A F| G>A G d2G|e e G d2G|G>A G d2G|e e G c A F | G>A G d2G|e2G d2G|G>A G d2G|e e G cA F||


X:1 T:Gi’e me a Lass wi’ a Lump o’ Land M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (Glasgow, 1788, No. 479, p. 185) N:”Humbly dedicated to the Volunteers and Defensive Bands of Great Britain and Ireland” Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G A>Bd Te2A|Tf2A Te2A|A>Bd Te2A|gfe d<BG| A>Bd Te2A|Tf2A Te2f|g>ag g>fe|d<Bg d>BG:| |:g>ag Tf2e|f2g a3|g>ag gfe|d2g d<BG| g>ag gfe|Tf2g T(aga)|b>ag g>fe|(d<ge) d>BG:|]


X:1 T:Gie me a lass wi’ a lump o’ land M:6/8 L:1/8 R:”Scottish air” Q:"Lively" N:Parts reversed from the version in Aird. B:Manson – Hamilton’s Universal Tune Book, vol. 2 (1846, p. 37) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D d>ed d>cB|c2d e2e|d>ed (dc)B|(A<B)d A<FD| d2d (dc)B|c<cd e2e|d>ed (dc)B|(A>B)d A<FD| E>FE B2E|ccE B2E|E>FE B2E|ccE AFD| E>FE B2E|c2E B2E|E>FE B2E|Bcd (AF)D||