Old Long Signe

X:1
T:Old Long Signe
T:Auld Lang Syne [1]
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:Probably to be played as a dance rather than a listening tune i.e. not slow
B:Bowie Manuscript (c. 1695, f.31v)
N:The MS was once in the possession of George Bowie, who entered his
N:name with the date 1705 in the front.  It is unlikely that Bowie was the author
N:of the MS., which, at any rate contains a number of known and suspected
N:compositions of John McLachlan, an Edinburgh musician in the 1690's.
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:F
V:1 clef=treble name="1."
[V:1] de|f3g fg a2|c2 cd c2 BA|f2c2g3f|d4 d2:|
|:fg|a2F2 AcdF|A2G2G2 AB|cAcd cdcA|cAcd f3g|
agfd fdcA|BAGF GABG|cAcd fcdA|c4 c2:|
|:de|fcfg fgaA|cAcd cdcA|f>ag>f e>c e/f/g/e/|dcAc dcde|
fcfg fgaA|cAcd cdcA|f>ag>f e>c e/f/g/e/|dcAc dcde|
fcfg fgaA|cAcd cdcA|f>ag>f e>c e/f/g/e/|dcAc defg|
a2f2f2 af|a2 g4 AB|cf2c cAfA|cAcd cdfg|
afgd fcdf|cAGF GAGF|CDFG AcdA|c4 c2||fg|
a2f2f2 af|a2 g4 AB|c f2d cAfA|cAcd cdfg|
afgd fcdf|cAGF GAGF|CDFG AcdA|c4 c2||
|:de|fagf egfe|dfed cFcA|fdgf ecfe|d4 d2:|
|:cB|AfFc AFcA|B/A/B/c/ d/c/B/A/ GABG|Af2d cAfA|cfAc d/c/d/e/ fg|
a/g/f/e/ f/e/d/c/|dfAc|Bg B G?F/G/A/ Bc|A/B/A/G/ F/G/A/B/ cAfA|c4 c2:|]

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