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Blue Bonnets
Found in Book03.abc
from the John Chambers' music books abc collection
X: 1 T: Blue Bonnets T: Lesley's march to Scotland R: jig, march B: RSCDS 3-5 Z: 1997 by John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> N: 17th century tune, known as "Lesley's march to Scotland" Published in Watt's Musical Miscellany N: 1731, and Oswald 1755. Sir Walter Scott wrote the song "Blue Bonnets over the Border" to this tune. M: 6/8 L: 1/8 K: D A \ |:"D"d2z "G"d3 | "D"dfe d2A | "G"dBB B2a | "A7"aAa f2e \ | "D"d2z "G"d3 | "D"dfe "D7"d2A | "G"dcB ABc | "D"def "A7"e3 :| [|"D"dfa afd | agf "A7"fef | "D"dfa afd | def "A7"e2A \ | "D"dfa afd | agf "A7"fef | "G"dcB ABc | "D"def "A7"e2d || ||"D"dfa afd | agf "A7"fef | "D"dfa afd | def "A7"e2d \ | "D"dfa afd | aAa "D7"f2e | "G"dcB ABc | "D"def "A7"e3 |]
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