Sleepy Maggy

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 Theme code Index    5153 5142
 Also known as    Sleepy Maggie (1), Sleepy Maggie (2)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    B
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Aeolian (minor)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AABBAABBC
 Editor/Compiler    David Young
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:The MacFarlane Manuscript
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 27, pp. 54-56
 Year of publication/Date of MS    c. 1740
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Sleepy Maggy M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion Book 10 (1760, p. ) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bmin f2 Bb fBde|f2 Bb eAce|Tf2 Bb fBde|(f/e/f/g/) af eAce:| |:fBdB fBde|fBdB cAce|fBdB fBde|(f/e/f/g/) af eAce:| Bb b2 afdf|Bb b2 aecA|Bbba fbaf|aa (b/a/g/f/) eAce:| |:BBdB fBbB|BBdB cAaA|BBdB fBbf|aa (b/a/g/f/) eAce:|]


X:1 T:Sleepy Maggie M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel N:”A favourite reel.” N:John Cowan, whose variation set is included below, was “a very N:noted performer on the Fiddle, at Newton Stewart in Galloway. N:He died (as I have been informed) before the middle of the present N:century [i.e. 18th], having obtained longevity in its plentitude.” B:Robert Riddell – Collection of Scotch Galwegian Border Tunes (1794, p. 34) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D Tf2 Bb fBde|Tf2 Bb eAce|Tf2 Bb fBde|f/e/f/^g/ af eAce:| |:fB (d/B/A/B/) fBde|fB (d/B/A/B/) eAce|fB (d/B/A/B/) fBde|fbaf eAce:| |:f>fd>b d>fd>e|f>fd>b A>ac>e|f>fd>b B>fd>e|f>da>f eAce:| |:f>Bb>B f>Bd>e|f>Bb>B a>Ac>e|fBgB aB^gB|fB^gB aAce:| |:f/f/f/f/ d/b/b/b/ B/f/f/f/ d/e/e/e/|f/f/f/f/ d/b/b/b/ A/a/a/a/ c/e/e/e/| f/f/f/f/ d/b/b/b/ B/f/f/f/ c/e/e/e/|f/b/a/^g/ a/g/f/e/ aAce:| |:(f/B/A/B/) (d/B/A/B/) (F/B/A/B/) (c/d/)e/c/|(f/B/A/B/) (d/B/A/B/) (E/A/^G/A/) (c/d/e/c/)| (f/B/A/B/) (d/B/A/B/) F/B/A/B/ d/c/d/e/|f/b/a/^g/ a/g/f/e/ aAce:| |:(B/b/)(d/B/) (c/a/)(e/c/) (B/F/)(D/F/) (d/c/)(d/e/)|(B/b/)(f/d/) (c/a/)(e/c/) (A/E/)(C/E/) (A/E/)(A/c/)| (B/b/)(f/d/) (c/a/)(e/c/) (B/F/)(D/F/) (d/c/)(d/e/)|(f/a/)(d'/c'/) (b/a/)(b/f/) a/e/f/d/ c/A/c/e/:| |:B/F/D/F/ B,/F/D/F/ B/F/d/F/ B/F/D/F/|B/F/D/F/ B,/F/D/F/ A/e/c/E/ A/E/C/E/| D/F/D/B,/ E/G/E/C/ F/A/F/D/ G/B/G/E/|F/d/E/c/ D/B/C/^A/ B/B,/D/F/ B,2:| |:f/g/f/e/ (f/d/)(c/d/) (B/f/)(d/b/) (B/c/)(d/e/)|(f/g/)(f/e/) (f/d/)(e/c/) (e/a/)(e/c/) (A/B/)(c/e/)| f/g/f/e/ (f/d/)(c/d/) (B/f/)(d/b/) (B/c/)(d/e/)|T(f/e/f/).d/ T(^g/f/g/).e/ aAce:| |:(f/d/c/).d/ (B/c/)(d/B/) (f/B/)(d/B/) (F/B/)(d/e/)|(f/d/c/).d/ (B/c/)(d/B/) (e/A/)(c/A/) (E/A/)(c/e/)| (f/d/c/).d/ (B/c/)(d/B/) (f/B/)(d/B/) (F/B/)(d/e/)|f/b/a/^g/ a/g/f/e/ aAce:| P:"Var. J.C." M:C| L:1/16 [B,3F3B3]c {e}(dc)(dc) .B.f.d.b (fd)(ec)|[B,3F3B3]c {e}(dc)(dB) Aaca (f/e/d/c/ d/c/B/A/)| [B,3F3B3]c A,cec B,dfd Cege|T(a^ga)e (3c’ba (3fga e2A2c2e2:|]


X:1 T:Sleepy Maggy M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stewart-Robertson, The Athole Collection, 1884 Z:François-Emmanuel de Wasseige K:Bmin g|:f2Bb fBde|f2Ba eAce|f2Bb fBde|f^gaf eAce:| |:fBdB fBde|fBdB eAce|fBdB fBde|f^gaf eAce:| P:"Conclusion" fBbB aBgB|f^gaf eAce|]