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Thread #77658   Message #1388700
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
25-Jan-05 - 10:49 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Silken snood/pulling of the bracken
Subject: Tune Add: TWINE WEEL THE PLAIDEN
My SMM citation was inaccurate: it's number 31, page 32.

And here is the tune.


X:1
T:Twine weel the Plaiden
B:Scots Musical Museum, vol I, 1787, no 31
N:Roud 8522
N:The grace notes in the final bar should be attached *after* the E rather than *before* the D, but current abc doesn't seem to allow this.
L:1/8
Q:1/4=100
M:4/4
K:D
(D/E/)|F A {G}F (E/D/) E(F/A/) B3/2 B/|A3/2 B/ {B}A (G/F/) {F}A2 D D/E/|
w:O!_ I hae lost my_ sil-ken_ snood, That tied my hair sae_ yel-low, I-'ve
F (F/G/) {G}F E/ D/ E (F/A/) B3/2 B/|A3/2 B/ (A/B/d/F/) {F}A2 D (A/B/4c/4)|
w:gi'en my_ heart tae the lad I_ loo'ed; he was a gal_lant_ fel-low. And__
d3/2 e/ d (c/B/) {d}c(B/A/) A (B/c/)|d3/2 e/ {e}d (c/B/) {B}e2 A (B/c/)|
w:twine it weel, my_ bon-ny_ dow, And_ twine it weel, the_ plai-den; The_
d (d/e/) {e}d (c/B/) {c}BA Hf (e/d/)|d3/2B/ (B/A/) (d/F/) TE2 {DE}D2|]
w:las-sie_ lost her_ silk-en snood, In_ pu-ing of_ the_ brack-en.

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