I Wish You a Merry New Year

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 Theme code Index    51H2H2H 3H4H3H2H
 Also known as    
 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. 2
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 22, p. 8
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1785
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X:1 T:I Wish You a Merry New Year M:6/8 L:1/8 S:Aird - Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. II (1785) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A | A2d dcd | efe efg | fed g2f | f3 e2A | A2d dcd | efe efg | fed edc | (c3 d2) :| |: g | fga agf | efg gag | gfd d<gf | f3 e2A | A2d dcd | efe efg | fed edc | c3 d2 :||


X:1 T:I Wish You a Merey New Year M:6/8 L:1/8 R: S:The Buttery Manuscript (c. 1784-1820, No. 508) N:John Buttery (1784-1854) joined the 34th Regiment in Lincoln, N:Lincolnshire, England, in 1797 and served as a fifer until discharged in N:1814. His large ms. contains marches, duty calls, dance tunes and airs. N:EASMES identifies this as the Fife MS. and suggests a date of 1780, see N:https://www.cdss.org/elibrary/Easmes/Index.htm Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A|A2d dcd|efe efg|fed g2f|Tf3 e2A| A2d dcd|efe efg|fed edc|(c3d2):| |:g|fga agf|efg gag|fed d>gf|Tf3 e2A| A2d dcd|efe efg|fed edc |c3 d2:|]