Lasses of the Ferry

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 Theme code Index    1122 15L22
 Also known as    Hoch Hey Johnnie Lad, Hech How Johnnie Lad, Lads of Saltcoats (The), Lassies of the Ferry, Reel (The)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double), Strathspey
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    3 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Neil Stewart
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Collection of the Newest and Best Reels or Country Dances
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 33
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1761
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Reel, The T:Lasses of the Ferry M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Robert Mackintosh – “A Fourth Collection of New Strathspey Reels, also some Famous old Reels” (1804, p. 5) N:Dedicated to the Dutchess [sic] of Manchester N:Robert “Red Rob” Mackintosh (c. 1745-1808) was a Scottish violinist and N:composer active in Edinburgh at the end of the 18th century. Originally from N:Tullymet, near Pitlochry, Perthshire. He moved to London in the last decade N:of his life. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb B2 Bd ~(cBc)d|BGFG c/c/c c2|B2 Bd ~(cBc)d|BGFG B/B/B B2:| (fgb)d ~(cBc)d|fdbd c/c/c c2|(fg/a/ b)d T(dBc)d|BGFG B/B/B Bg| (fgb)d T(cBc)d|(fgb)d c/c/c c2 |(b/a/g/f/ bd Tc)(Bcd)|BGFG [D/F/B/][D/F/B/][DFB] [D2F2B2]||


X: 1 T: Lasses of the Ferry, The M: 4/4 L: 1/8 B: Hamilton's Universal Tunebook, Book 2 (1853) Z: Nigel Gatherer K: Gmaj K:G z | G2 G>B A>GA>B | G>ED>E A<A A2 |G2 G>B A>GA>B | G>ED>E G<G G :| d | d>eg>B A>GA>B | d>eg>B A<A A2 |d>eg>B A>GA>B | G>ED>E G<G G :|


X:224 T:Lasses of the Ferry. Roose.0224 B:J.Roose MS, Manchester 1850 Z:Village Music Project 2019 Quinton Cumbes M:C| L:1/8 Q:1/2=80 K:A A3 c B>AB>c|A>FE>F B/B/B B2|A3 c B>AB>c|A>FE>F A/A/AA2:| |:(e3/f//g//) a>c B.AB.c|(e3/f//g//) a>c B/B/B B>g|faef ceBc|A>FE>F A/A/A A2:| |:a3c' b>ab>c'|a>fe>f b/b/b b2|a3c' b>ab>c'|a>fe>f a/a/a a2:|