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 Theme code Index    3b53b5 7b47bL4L
 Also known as    Gin I Had a Bonny Lass, If I had a bonny wife but little sleep will serve me
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Colin MacKenzie
 Region    Canada
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    2 flats
 Mode    Aeolian (minor)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    CANADA(Maritimes/English)
 Structure    AAB
 Editor/Compiler    James Barry
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:James Barry music manuscript
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 2, p. 1
 Year of publication/Date of MS    19th cent.
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 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    
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 Score   (1)   



X:1 T:He that's got a bonny wife, but little sleep will serve him T:If I had a bonny wife, but little sleep will serve me S:Colin MacKenzie M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B: James Barry music manuscript collection (No. 2, p. 1) N: Barry (1819-1905) was a miller and fiddler who lived at N:Six Mile Brook, Pictou County, Nova Scotia. F: https://jamesbarrymusic.ca K:Gmin B>Gd>G Bcde|fccf A2F2|BGdG Bcdg|BGA^F G2G2:| gbgd gbgd|fgfc A2F2|gbgd gbgd|BGA^F G2G2| gbgd c>df>g|fccf A2F2|BGdG Bcdg|BGAB G2G2||

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