My Love is Like the Red Red Rose (1)

My Love is Like the Red Red Rose (1): Annotations

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X:1
T:My Love is Like the Red Red Rose [1]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
B:William Mackie manuscript collection (Aberdeen, early 19th century)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
A/F/|DDEF d>cBA|B>ABd e2 (de/f/)|DD(EF) dcBA|{c}BABc {e}d2:|
|:A|d{d/e/}fed BdAF|AA gf {f}e2 a>g|fafd BdAF|A>ABc d2:||

X:2
T: (My Love is Like) the Red Red Rose [1]
R: air, strathspey (and waltz)
O: trad
N: One of several common settings for the Robert Burns poem of the same name.
B: Kerr's 3rd, p.6, #27.
D:
Z: John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
F:http://jc.tzo.net/~jc/music/abc/air/Red_Red_Rose.abc	 2014-04-05 032111 UT
K: D
[| d | "D"D<D E>F d>c B>A | "G"B>A B<d "A7"e2 de/f/ | "D"D<D E>F d>c B>A | "G"B>A "A7"Bc "D"d3 |]
[| A | "D"d>f e>d "G"B<c "D"A>F | A>A "G"g>f "A7"f<e a>g | "D"fa fd "G"B<d "D"A>F | "A7"A>A Bc "D"d3 |]

X:1
T:Unknown
R:polka
S:From a tape of Con Cassidy of unknown provenance
N:I think it's a polka.  Could be a march...
Z:Rough transcription by Larry Sanger. Identification with "My Love is Like a Red Red 
Z:Rose" by Nigel Gatherer
M:2/4
L:1/8
Q:120
K:G
|:G2 Bd|g>a gd|e>d eg|a>g ab|
G2 Bd|g>a gd|ee/e/ fd|1 gd BA:|2 g2 gd||
|:gb ag|eg de/f/|gb db|a2 ad|
gb ag|eg dg|ee/e/ fd|1 g2 gd:|2 g2 dB||

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My Love is Like the Red Red Rose (1): Annotations