I'd rather have a piece than a Kiss of my Jo

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Theme code Index	4H2H4H4 4H2H1H5
Also known as	Bundle and Go (3), Wee Wee Man (The), William's Return, I’d Rather have a Piss than a Kiss
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:James Aird
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Selection of Scotch English Irish and Foreign Airs vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number	No. 81, pp. 28-29
Year of publication/Date of MS	1782
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I'd rather have a piece than a Kiss of my Jo: Annotations


X:1
T:I'd rather have a piece than a Kiss of my Jo
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Aird - Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs vol. 1 (Glasgow, 1782, No. 81, pp. 28-29.
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
N:Key signature as in Aird. Likely in 'G'. 
K:D
f|gfe edB|gfg GAB|gfe edB|dBA A2f|
gfe edB|gfg a2b|gfe efg|dBA A2:|
|:B/c/|d2B d2B|gfg GAB|d2B d2g|ecA ABc|
d2B d2B|gfg a2b|gfe efg|dBA A2:|
|:e/f/|gdB gdB|gfg GAB|gdB gdB|ecA A2 e/f/|
gdB gdB|gfg a2b|gfe efg|dBA A2:|
|:B/c/|dBG dBG|gfg GAB|dBG Bdg|ecA A2 B/c/|
dBG dBG|gfg a2b|gfe efg|dBA A2:|]

X:204
%
T:I'd Rather Have a Piece Than a Kiss of my Jo. RH.204
R:jig
S:Rev.R.Harrison's MS,c1815,Cumbria
N:Key sig 2# (A mixolydian) in MS. Sounds best in
N:A dorian (1#), as above. PJH.
O:England
A:Temple Sowerby,Cumbria
Z:vmp.Simon Wilson. Review PJH, 2008.
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=120
K:Ador
f|gfe edc|gfg GAB|gfe edB|dBA A2f|
gfe edB|gfg a2b|gfe efg|dBA A2:|!
|:B/c/|d2B d2B|gfg GAB|d2B d2g|ecA ABc|
d2B d2B|gfg a2b|gfe efg|dBA A2:|!
|:e/f/|gdB gdB|gfg GAB|gdB gdB|ecA A2e/f/|
gdB gdB|gfg a2b|gfe efg|dBA A2:|!
|:B/c/|dBG dBG|gfg GAB|dBG Bdg|ecA A2B/c/|
dBG dBG|gfg a2b|gfe efg|dBA A2:|
W:Key sig 2# (A mixolydian) in MS. Sounds best in A dorian (1#), as above. PJH

I'd rather have a piece than a Kiss of my Jo: Annotations