I'll Kiss the Lass She Bad Me

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X:1
T:I'll kiss the wife she bade me with variations
N:Bar 5, overwritten in original, last triplet could be <dfg> or <def> or<deg>
N:Bars 25 & 29, top notes should perhaps all be <a>
N:Bar 32 perhaps has a repeat mark missing as it occurs at the end of the page
N:Bar 33 et seq, <G,> bass in chord likely to indicate <G,> grace on fiddle
N:A barline is omitted in the original at bar 43 immediately before the <^>
S:James Ballantine music manuscript collection (Peeblesshire, 1770)
F:http://www.airdrieguitar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/graupius/downloads/ball.abc
M:C
L:1/8
Q:1/4=140
K:G
g |:\
d>BG>B d>BG>B | d>Bd>e Tf2 df | e>cA>c e>cA>c | e>de>f g>ag>e |
d>BG>B d>BG>B | d>Bd>e Tf2 d/f/g | a>ef>d e>cB>a | A/A/A Bd e2 g2 :|
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d>BG>B d/c/B/A/ GB | d>Bd>e f/e/f/g/ af | e>gA>g ^c>aA>a | e>de>f gg a/g/f/e/ |
d>gB>g d>gB>g | d>Bd>e Tf2 df/g/ | a>ef>d edBa | A/A/A B>d e2 e/f/g :|
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G/G/G BG dGBg | G/G/G BG dcBa | A/A/A ^cA eAca | A/A/A T^c>d e2 (e/f/g) |
G/G/G B>G dGBg | G/G/G B>d Tf2 df/g/ | a>ef>d e>dB>a | A/A/A B>d e2 (ef/g/) :|
%
d//d//d/g B//B//B/g d//d//d/g B//B//B/g | d//d//d/g B//B//B/g Tf2 df |\
e//e//e/a c//c//c/a e//e//e/a c//c//c/a | e//e//e/a ^c//c//c/a gg (a/g/f/e/) |
d//d//d/a B//B//B/g d//d//d/g B//B//B/g | d//d//d/g B//B//B/g f2 df/g/ |\
(3aga (3geg (3fdf (3eBa | A/A/A B>d e2 (ef/g/) |
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G>[G,B] d/c/B/A/ G>[G,B] d/c/B/A/ | G>[G,B] d/c/B/A/ G>[G,B] d/c/B/A/ |\
A>e a/g/f/e/ Ae a/g/f/e/ | Ae a/g/f/e/ Ae a/g/f/e/ |
G>[G,B] d/c/B/A/ G>B d/c/B/A/ | d>Bde Tf2 d/f/g |\
a/g/f/e/ gd ed Ba | A/A/A B>d e2 (ef/g/) :|
%
d>gB>g d>gB>g | d>gB>g Tf2 df |\
e>aB>a c>aB>a |^c>aA>a g2 a/g/f/e/ |
dg/g/ (cg) dg/g/ (Bg) | dg/g/ (Bg) Tf2 df/g/ |\
a>ef>d e>dB>a | A/A/A Te>d e2 g2 :|
|:%
G/A/B/c/ d/c/B/A/ dGBg | G/A/B/c/ dg Tf2 df |\
A/B/c/d/ e/d/c/c/ eAca | A/B/c/d/ ef gg a/g/f/e/ |
G/A/B/c/ d/c/B/A/ dGBg | G/A/B/c/ dg Tf2 df/g/ |\
a>ef>d e>dB>a | A/A/A Te>d e2 g2 :|
%
d/g/d/g/ B/G/B/G/ d/g/d/g/ B/G/B/G/ | d/g/d/g/ B/G/B/G/ Tf2 e>f |\
e/a/e/a/ B/a/B/a/ c/a/c/a/ B/a/B/a/ | c/a/c/a/ A/a/A/a/ g2 a/g/f/e/ |
d/g/d/g/ B/G/B/G/ d/g/d/g/ B/G/B/G/ | d/g/d/g/ B/G/B/G/ Tf2 df/g/ |\
a>ef>d e>dB>a | A/A/A Te>d e2 g2 :|
%
d/c/B/A/ G/A/B/c/ d/c/B/A/ G/A/B/c/ | d/c/B/A/ G/A/B/c/ d/^c/d/e/ f/e/f/d/ |\
e/d/^c/B/ A/B/c/d/ e/d/c/B/ A/B/c/d/ | e/f/e/^c/ A/B/c/d/ e/d/e/f/ g/f/g/e/ |
d/c/B/A/ G/A/B/c/ d/c/B/A/ G/A/B/c/ | d/c/B/A/ Gg Tf2 df/g/ |\
a/g/f/e/ fd e>dBa | A/A/A B>d e2 g2 :|
%
dd e/d/c/B/ dd e/d/c/B/  | dd e/d/c/B/ dd e/d/c/B/  |\
ee f/e/d/^c/ ee f/e/d/c/ | ee f/e/d/^c/ ee f/e/d/c/ |
dd e/d/c/B/ dd e/d/c/B/  | d>Bde Tf2 df/g/          |\
a>ef>d e>Ba>B            | A/A/A B>d e2 g2          :|
%
d/g/g/g/ B/g/g/g/ d/g/g/g/ B/g/g/g/  | d/g/g/g/ B/g/g/g/ d/g/g/g/ B/g/g/g/  |\
e/a/a/a/ A/a/a/a/ ^c/a/a/a/ A/a/a/a/ | e/a/a/a/ A/a/a/a/ ^c/a/a/a/ A/a/a/a/ |
d/g/g/g/ B/g/g/g/ d/g/g/g/ B/g/g/g/  | d/g/g/g/ B/g/g/g/ Tf2 df/g/          |\
a/g/f/a/ g/f/e/g/ f/e/d/f/ e/d/c/a/  | A/A/A B>d e2 g2                      :|
%
(3G,GB (3.d.B.G (3gdB (3dBG  | (3G,Bd (3.g.d.g Tf2 df      |\
(3A,E^c (3.e.c.A (3acA (3ecA | (3A,Ec (3e.c.e. g2 a/g/f/e/ |
(3G,GB (3.d.B.G (3gdB (3dBG  | (3G,Bd (3.g.d.g Tf2 df/g/   |\
(3agf (3gfe (3fed (3e^ca     | A>Bc>d e2 g2                :|
%
(3gdg (3gBg (3gdg (3dBg  | (3gdg (3gBg Tf2 d>a      |\
(3aea (3a^ca (3aea (3aca | (3aea (3a^ca g2 a/g/f/e/ |
(3gdg (3gBg (3gdg (3dBg  | (3gdg (3gBg Tf2 df/g/    |\
(3afa (3geg (3fdf (3ecg  | A>Bc>d e2 ef/g/          :\
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X:1
T:I'll kiss the Wife she bade me
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:J. Anderson - Anderson's Budget of Strathspeys, Reels & Country Dances 
B: for the German Flute or Violin (Edinburgh, 1820, p. 23)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
g|:dBGB dBGB|dBdg f2 (df)|ecAc ecAc|edef gaeg|
dBGB dBGB|dBdg f2 (df)|aefd edBa|A/A/A (Bd) e2g2||
dgBg dgBg|dgBg f2 (df)|eaca eaca|edef gaeg|
dgBg dgBg|dgBg f2 (df)|aefd edBa|A/A/A (Bd) e2g2||

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