They took frae me my Wife yestreen

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 Theme code Index    5151 27bL27bL
 Also known as    He took from me my wife yestreen
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland, Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish, Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double), Strathspey
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    NONE
 Mode    Aeolian (minor)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    IRELAND(Ulster)
 Structure    AABBCC
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:James S. Aird
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Aird's 6th and Last Volume of Scotch English Irish and Foreign Airs
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 4, p. 3
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1803
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:They took frae me my Wife yestreen M:C| L:1/8 R:Strathspey B:Aird – Aird’s 6th and Last Volume of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs (c. 1803, No. 4, p. 3) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amin e>AA>B e>AA<g|BGG>A B>AGB|c>AAB e>AA<e|B<GG>A B>A A2:| |:a>ge>a g>e g2|e>dg>d e>de<a|a>gea g<e Tg2|B<G-G>A B<A A2:| |:A>aB>a c>a Te2|d>eB>e d<GG>B|A>aB>a c>a e2|B<GG>A B<A A2:|]


X:1 T:He took from me my wife yestreen M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Patrick McGahon music manuscript collection (1817, No. 78) N:McGahon was a scribe of Irish language literature who lived in N:Dungooley, County Louth, on the Armagh border. He was a N:teacher with The Irish Society in the early 19th century, but little N:else is known about him. A few tunes in the ms. are written in other N:hands. B:Pádraigín Ní UIallacháin – “A Hidden Ulster” (2003, p. 457) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Ador g|eAAB eAAf|BGGA BAGB|eAAB eAAg|BGGA BA A2:| |:ageg ge g2|edgd edef|agea geg2|BGGA BA A2:| |:AaBa de B2|deBe BG G2|AaBa de B2|BGGA BA A2:|