Poor Lawrie

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 Theme code Index    3b11 27bL1
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Slip/Hop Jig
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    2 flats
 Mode    Aeolian (minor)
 Time signature    9/8
 History    
 Structure    AAB
 Editor/Compiler    John Hall
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:A Selection of Strathspeys Reels Waltzes & Irish Jigs
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 21
 Year of publication/Date of MS    c. 1818
 Artist    
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 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
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 Score   (1)   



X:1 T:Poor Lawrie M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig O:”Irish” B:John Hall – “A Selection of Strathspeys Reels, Waltzes & Irish Jigs” (c. 1818, p. 21) B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104981834 N:”Printed and sold by John Hall, at his Music Room.” N:Hall (1788-1862) was a music teacher in Ayr, Scotland. His dancing master’s ‘kit’ N:(a small fiddle) used in his dancing lessons, is still preserved. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Gmin c|:B>AG GAG ~GB|AGF FGF ABc|B>AG GAG ~G2B|ABc cdB ABc:| B>cd ded d2c|Bcd def edc|Bcd ded d2f|=edc cdB ABc| Bcd ded d2c|Bcd def ed |Bcd ded def|gfe dcB ABc||