Sean Trews (1)

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Theme code Index	1125L 3b247bL
Also known as	Dr. William Grant, Gin Ye Kiss My Wife I'll Tell the Minister, Seann Triubhas, Shaun Truish Willighan, Shaun Truish Willichan, Shaun Truish, Seán Triubhas, Willie's auld Trews
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish, Shetland/Orkney
Meter/Rhythm	Hornpipe/Clog, Reel (single/double), Strathspey
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	1 flat
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	4/4, 2/2
History
Structure	AAB, AABB'CCD
Editor/Compiler	Robert Bremner
Book/Manuscript title	Book:A Second Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS	1768
Artist	J. Scott Skinner
Title of recording	Sean trews/Whistle o’er the lave o’t/Wha widna fecht for Charlie?
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Regal G6625 (78 RPM)
Year recorded	1910
Media
Score (1)

Sean Trews (1): Annotations

X:1 T:Shaun Truish Willichan M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Robert Bremner – Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances (1757) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Ddor A,|D/D/D D>F E2 A,>F|F2 (ED) G/F/E/D/ CE|D/D/D D>F E2 A>E|F2 TED CA,A,:| |:G|A>cAF G>AGE|F>GFD G/F/E/D/ CG|A>cAF G>AGE|FD G/F/E/D/ CA,A,:| |:A|d/d/d d>f Te2 A>e|{de}f2 ed g/f/e/d/ ce|d/d/d d>f Te2 ce|fd g/f/e/d/ Tc>AA:| |:g|aa _b/a/g/f/ gg a/g/f/e/|ff g/f/e/d/ eccg|aa _b/a/g/f/ gg a/g/f/e/|fd g/f/e/d/ TcAA:|]

X: 1 T:Shamtrues. JBa.87 T:Gin ye kiss my wife,I'll tell the Minister,aka. JBa.87 T:Sean Triubhas,aka. JBa.87 M:4/4 L:1/4 Q:1/2=80 S:Joseph Barnes MS,Carlisle,1762. R:.Misc O:England A:Carlisle N:Also aka Devil stick the minister,aka shaun truish willichan.1 - No bar N:line 2 - Not marked as triplet 3 - is it a mistake, a chordor an N:alternative 4 - Starred notes shown as crochets and no bar line.5 - N:Shown as crochets..CGr. H:See 'The Caledonian Companion' - two part version. 'This was originally H:a tune for the Sean Triubhas, an ancient highland dance . . .' This H:version transposed to same notes as MS would be in F major - or a mode H:having that key signature. Is 'Shambuco' a phonetic mishearing of 'Sean H:Triubhas'?CGr. Z:vmp.C.Graebe. K:F major %"_No key/time sig,see note" A,D/-D/ (F/E/) C |F (E/D/) G/E/ C/E/ | A, D/D/ (F/E/) C "1" |F"2" (3(F/E/D/) C A,/A,/ :| |:A/c/ A/F/ G/B/ G/E/ |A/c/ A/F/ G"3" (E/E/) |A/c/ A/F/ G/B/ G/E/|F (E/D/) C A,/A,/ ||! A d-d f/ e A | f (e/d/) g/e/ c/e/ |"4"A "*"d/-"*"d/ f e/c/ | f ("*"e/"*"d/) c "*"A/"*"A/ ||! f "5"(g/4f/4e/4d/4) e "5"(a/4g/4f/4e/4) |a "5"(b/4a/4g/4f/4) g ("*"e/"*"e/) |\ a ("5"b/4a/4"*"g/4"*"f/4) g ("5"a/4g/4f/4e/4) |\ f (e/d/) A A/-A/ |]

X:1 T:Shaun Truish Willichan M:4/4 L:1/8 S:Preston's Reprint of Bremner's Collections, London 1789 Z:Paul Kinder K:C A,|D/2D/2D D>F TE2 A,>F|F2 T ED G/2F/2E/2D/2 CE|D/2D/2D D>F E2 A,E|T F2 ED C>A,A,:| |:G|A>cAG G>AGF|F>GFD G/2F/2E/2D/2 CG|A>cAF G>AGE|FD G/2F/2E/2D/2 CA,A,:| |:A|d/2d/2d d>f Te2 c>e|f2 Ted g/2f/2e/2d/2 ce|d/2d/2d d>f e2 Ae|fd g/2f/2e/2d/2 c>AA:| |:g|aa _b/2a/2g/2f/2 gg a/2g/2f/2e/2|ff g/2f/2e/2d/2 eccg|aa _b/2a/2g/2f/2 gg a/2g/2f/2e/2|fe g/2f/2e/2d/2 cAA:||

X:1 T:Sean Trews [1],aka. RH.273 T:This Is Not My Own Plaidie,aka. RH.273 R:air B:Rev.R.Harrison's MS,c1815,Cumbria N:Originally transcribed with R:Reel. PJH. O:England A:Temple Sowerby,Cumbri Z:vmp.Simon Wilson. Review PJH, 2008. M:C L:1/8 Q:1/4=90 F:http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/HarrisonRev/Harrison(12-4-16).abc K:Ador E|A/A/A AA B2GB|c2BA (d/c/B/A/) GB|\ A/A/A AA B2GB|c2B>A GE E:| |:f|eaec dgdB|cc (d/c/B/A/) BGGB|\ eaec dgdB|c2BA GE E:|

X:1 T:Willie’s auld Trews T:Seann triubhais Uilleachain M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:Fraser Collection (1816) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Dmin D|A,DDF E2 A,E|F2 ED ECCE | A,DDF E2 A,E | F2 E>D CA,A,B, | A,DDF E2 A,E |F2 ED ECCE| A,DDF E2 A,A | GFED CA,A, :| c | AcAF GcGE | F2 E>D ECCc| AcAF GcGE|F2 ED CA,A,| AcAF GcGE | F2 E>D ECCc|Ac=Bc GcEc | DFED CA, A,2 || |: Addf e2 Aa | gfed ecce | Addf e2 Aa | (gf)ed cAA :| |: c|AFcF GEcE | FDGF ECCc | AFcF GEcE | F2 ED CA,A,c|AFcF GEcE| FDGF ECCc | Ac=Bc GcEe | DFED CA, A,:|

X:2 T:Shaun Truish Willichan M:C L:1/8 S:William Sydney Mount manuscripts c. 1849 N:Mount’s version is almost note-for-note the version printed in Wilson’s Companion to N:the Ballroom (1817). An early setting of the tune appears in Bremner’s Second N:Collection of Scots Reels and Country Dances (1768). N:The last part is a variant of the 4th part, an octave lower, and probably a substitution for N:it. Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:Ddor A, | D/D/D D>F TE2 A,>F | F2 (ETD) (G/F/E/D/) CE | D/D/D D>F E2 A,>E | F2 E”tr”D CA,A, :: G | A>cAF G>AGE | F>GFD (G/F/E/D/) CG | A>cAF G>AGE | FD (G/F/E/D/) CA,A, :: A | d/d/d d>f Te2 A>e | {d/e/}f2 Ted (g/f/e/d/) ce | d/d/d d>f e2 Ae | fd (g/f/e/d/) Tc>AA :| |: g | aa (_b/a/g/f/) gg (a/g/f/e/) | ff (g/f/e/d/) eccg | aa (_b/a/g/f/) ff (a/g/f/e/) | fd (g/f/e/d/) TcAA :: A | AA (_B/A/G/F/) GG (A/G/F/E/)|FF (G/F/E/D/) ECCG| AA (B/A/G/F/) GG (A/G/F/E/)|FD G/F/E/D/ CA,A, :|

Sean Trews (1): Annotations