Kirkforther

X:1
T:Kirkforther
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
Q:"Slow"
N:The tune,  in scordatura fiddle tuning, AEac#, is written to be played as
N:it would be fingered in regular (GDae) tuning.
N:Drone ‘E’ note (open string) throughout last section.
B:James Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion vol. 10 (1760, p. 109)
F:  https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/94600380?mode=transcription
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
[A2e2][Ae][Ae][Ae][Ae]|[A4g4][A2f2]| [A2e2][Ae][Ae][Ae][Ae]|[D4B4][D2A2]| [A2e2][Ae][Ae][Ae][Ae]|
[A4g4][A2f2]|e2feBA|[D4B4]::[^F2B2][F2B2][A2e2]|D2f2e2|
eB A^FED|[A2e2][A2e2][D2B2]|[A2e2][A2e2][D2B2]|eagfeB|[G,4D4A4]:|
M:C
"Brisk"e2 Ae fBBg|eAAe BD D2|e2 Ae fBBg|eAc^F AG, G,2:|
g2 eg|faBd|^cgAe BD D2|g2 eg faBf|eAB^F AG,G,2:|
|:G,B,DG B,D Ae|feBA ^FE D/C/B,/A,/|G,B,DA Eagf|eBA^F AG,G,2:|
|:gAaA gAeA|gAag fe BD|gAaA gAeA|B=feB AG, G,2:|
|:(3DAe (3DAe (3DAf (3DAf|(3DAe (3DAe BD D2|(3DAe (3DAe (3DA=f (3DAf|eAB^F AG,G,2:|
|:g/A/A/A/ a/A/A/A/ g/A/A/A/ e/A/A/A/|g/A/A/A/ a/A/A/A/ B/D/D/D/ ^F/D/D/D/|
g/A/A/A/ a/A/A/A/ g/A/A/A/ e/A/A/A/|Bd^cB AG, G,2:|
|:(AB^cA) (B^cdB)|(AB^cA) BD D2|(AB^cA) B^cdB|cAB^F A2G, G,2:|
g/A/a/A/ g/A/e/A/ g/A/a/A/ g/A/e/A/|g/A/a/A/ g/A/e/A/ B/D/^F/D/ B/D/^F/D/|
g/A/a/A/ g/A/e/A/ g/A/a/A/ g/A/e/A/|Ed^cB AG, G,2:|]