I'll kiss the bonny lassie oh.

X: 145
T: I'll kiss the bonny lassie oh.
T: Air m'alluin bheirin pog dhi.
R: air, reel
B: Simon Fraser's "Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles" 1816 p.68 #3 (plus top 4 staffs of p.69)
Z: 2023 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C|
L: 1/8
Q: "Dance & Song."
K: Eb
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% Voice 1 reformatted for 2 8-bar lines, for compactness and proofreading.
V: 1 staves=2
c |:\
BG-TGF EFGc | BGeG cFFc | BG-TGF EFGf | (gf)ed e2dc ||\
BG-TGF EFGc | BGeG cFFc | BG-TGF EFGf | (gf)ed e2-e |]
[| g |\
egge dffd | egge fdBd | egge dffd | cafd e2eg ||\
.e.g.e.g .d.f.d.f | .e.g.e.g .f.d.B.g | .a.g.f.e .d.c.B.A | .Ggfd {f}e2(dc) |]
% = = = = = = = = = =
% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
z |:\
[e2b2][g2b2] [e2b2][e2b2] | [e2b2][g2b2] [d2b2][b2f2] | [e2b2][g2b2] [e2b2][g2b2] | e2B2 g2a2 || ebgb ebgb |
ebgb dbfb | ebgb ebgb | gfed [e2b2-][eb] |] [| z | [e2b2][g2b2] [B2b2][f2b2] | [e2b2][g2b2] [B2b2][f2b2] | [e2b2][g2b2] [B2b2][f2b2] |
a2b2 [e3b3]z || ebgb Bbfb | ebgb Bbfb | c'3=a b3d | egbB [e3b3]z |]
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI-abc1/0024
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI-abc2/0024
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc1/0026
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc2/0032

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