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Sailor Lassie (The)
X:1 T:Sailor Lassie, The M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig B:Robert Bremner – “For the year 1769 a collection of scots reels, or country dances” (p. 107) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C F|(E/F/G)E c>dc TB2G|(A/B/c)A GEC D2F|(E/F/G)E c>dc TB2G|(A/B/c)A GEC C2:| e|c2c (e/f/g)e gec|(e/f/g)e afd d2e|c2c (e/f/g)e gec|(e/f/g)e gec c2e| c2c (e/f/g)e gec|(e/f/g)e afd d2e|cGc edc TB>AG|(A/B/c)A GEC C2||
X:1
T:Sailor Lassie, The
M:9/8
L:1/8
B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign
B:Airs, vol. 3 (Glasgow, 1788, No. 517, p. 198)
N:”Humbly dedicated to the Volunteers and Defensive Bands of Great Britain and Ireland”
N:Aird printed the tune again in his fourth volume as
N:" Miss Margaret MacGregor’s Favourite"
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A|(F/G/A).F d>ed Tc2A|(B/c/d).B AFD E2G|F/G/AF d>ed Tc2A|(B/c/d).B AFD D2:|
f|d2d (f/g/a).f afd|(f/g/a).a bge e2f|d2d (f/g/a/)f afd|(f/g/a)f afd d2f|
d2d (f/g/a).f afd|(f/g/a).f bge e2f|dAd fed cBA|(B/c/d).B AFD D2|]
