I Have a Wife of My Own
X:1 T:A Wife of my own M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig B:David Young – Drummond Castle/Duke of Perth Manuscript (1734, No. 13) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Edor E>FE G2A B3|E>FE G2B (AF)D|E>FE G2A B3| D>ED D2d AFD::g>ag f>gf e>fe|E>FE G2B AFD| gag fgf e3|DED D2d AFD::EFE B,2E G2A|BGE E2B AFD| EFE B,2E G2B|AFD D2d AFD:||:g(a/g/f/e/) f(g/f/e/d/) e3| EFE G2B AFD|fed edc d3|DED D2d AFD:|
X:1
T:I have a wife of my Ain
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:slip jig
B:Bremner - Scots Reels (1757, p. 45)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Edor
(EFE) G2 A B3|(EFE) G2 A BGE|(EFE) G2 A (Bcd)|
(DED) F2 d (AFD):|(gag) (fgf) e3|(EFE) G2 A (BG)E|
(gag) (fgf) (efe)|(DED) F2 d (AFD)|(gag) (fgf) e3|
(EFE) G2 A (BGE)|(gag) (fgf) (efe)|(ABc) (dcB) (AFD)|]
X:1
T:I have a Wife of my ain
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
Q:"Brisk"
B:Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 10 (1760, p. 4)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Edor
E3 FGA|B4d2|D3 EFG|A2F2D2|E3 FGA|B2e2d2|
B3 AGA|B2G2E2::g>a g2f2|e3f g2|D3 EFG|
A2F2D2|b3 agf|e3f g2|E3FGA|(B2G2)E2:|
M:9/8
L:1/8
EFE G2A B3|EFE G2 B AFD|EFE G2A B3|
DED F2d AFD::gag fgf e3|EFE G2A BGE|
gag fgf e3|DED TF2d AFD:|]
X:1
T:Wife of My Own, A
M:9/8
L:1/8
S:William Vickers' music manuscript collection (1770, Northumberland)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Emin
EFE G2B G2B|EFE G2B AFD|EFE G2B G2B|
AFD D2B AFD::BGG cBA dcB|BGE E2B AFD|
BAG cBA dcB|AFD D2B AFD::gag G2B G2B|
gag G2 B AFD|gag G2B G2B|AFD D2B AFD:|]
X:1
T:I hae a wife o’ my ain
M:9/8
L:1/8
S:Gow – 1st Repository (1799)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Emin
EFE ~G2A B3|EFE G2A BGE|EFE ~G2A B^cd|DED {^c}d2B AFD:|
g>ag fgf e3|EFE ~G2A BGE|g>ag fgf e3|DED {^c}d2B AFD|
g>ag fgf e3|EFE ~G2A BGE|g>ag fgf efg|DED DdB AFD||
X:1
T:I have a Wife of my ain
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
B:William Campbell – “Campbell’s 14th Book of New and Favorite Country Dances &
B:Strathspey Reels for the Harp, Piano-Forte & Violin, with their Proper Figures, as
B:Danced at Court, Bath, Williss’s, & Hanover Square Rooms” (Soho, London, c. 1799, p. 22)
F: https://vmirror.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/0/0a/IMSLP655933-PMLP1052069-campbells14thboo00camp.pdf
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Edor
V:1
EFE G2A B3|EFE G2A BGE|EFE G2A Bcd|DED F2d AFD:|
(gag) (fgf) e3|EFE G2A BGE|(gag) (fgf) (efe)|DED F2d AFD|
gag fgf e3|EFE G2A BGE|gag fgf efe|ABc dcB AFD||
V:2 clef = bass
E,,3E,3E,3|E,3E,3E,3|E,,3E,3E,3|D,3D,3D,3:|
E,,3E,3E,3|E,3E,3E,3|E,,3E,3E,3|D,,3D,3D,3|
E,3E,3E,3|E,3E,3E,3|E,3E,3E,3|D,3D,3D,3||
X:1
T:Wife of My Own, A
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. II (c. 1806)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Emin
EFE G2A B3 | EFE G2A BGE | EFE G2A B3 | DED FGA AFD :|
|: gfg agf e3 | E2E G2A BGE | gbg faf d3 | DED FAd AFD :|
|: B/d/BG A/c/AF G2E | EFE G2A BGE | B/d/BG A/d/AF G2E | DED FGA AFD :|
X:1
T:I Hae a Wife o My Own
M:9/8
L:1/8
S:William Mackie ms. (early 19th cent., Aberdeen)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
EFE G2A B3|EFE G2A BGE|EFE G2A Bcd|DED F2d AFD:|
|:gag fgf e3|EFE G2A BGE|gag (fg)f (ef)e|DED F2d AFD|
gag fgf e3|EFE G2A BGE|(ga)g (fg)f (ef)e|ABc dcB AFD:||
X:1
T:I hae a Wife o' my ain
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
B:Davie's Caledonian Repository (Aberdeen, 1829-30, p. 32)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Emin
EFE G2A B3|EFE G2 A BGE|EFE G2A Bcd|
DE(D D)dB AFD:|gag fgf e3|EFE G2A BGE|
gag fgf e3|DED d2B AFD|gag fgf e3|
EFE G2A BGE|gag fgf efg|DE(D D)dB AFD||
X:1
T:Chaidh mi gu banis mo Ghaoil
T:My Love's Wedding
T:I have got a wife of my ain
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
B:William Gunn - The Caledonian Repository of Music
B:Adapted for the Bagpipes (Glasgow, 1848, p. 8)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G? Bmin?
BBB d2e f3|BBB d2 e fef|BBB d2f e3|AAA AAf ecA:|
g2e g2a f3|BBB d2e fef|g2e g2a e3|AAA AAf eCA|
g2e g2a f3|BBB d2e fef|g2e a2f e3|AAA AAf ecA||