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Sleepy Maggy
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|]