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Thread #160167   Message #3797946
Posted By: Jack Campin
27-Jun-16 - 03:39 PM
Thread Name: recognise this Sally Sloane jig?
Subject: RE: recognise this Sally Sloane jig?
It resembles the song "I care for nobody, no not I, and nobody cares for me" but it's not the same.

Does she really play it that low? I'd expect this:

X:1
T:Nicky Nack-Nack
S:from the playing of Sally Sloane
L:1/8
M:6/8
K:D
A|d2d (cBA)|f2f e2g|f2A  A2B |=c3 (cBA)|
  d2d (cBA)|f2f e2g|f2A (ABc)| d3- d2 :|
g|a2a  a2f |ggg g2g|f2A  A2B |=c3 (cBA)|
  d2d (cBA)|f2f e2g|f2A (ABc)| d3- d2 :|


I've cleaned up your notation a bit - no need for variant repeats if you make the repeat start on the upbeat.

Afterthought: I looked it up in Charles Gore's "Scottish Fiddle Tune Index", which gave me the "official" title.

X:2
T:The Miller of Dee
B:Sabine Baring Gould, 1895, Old English Songs from English Minstrelsie, 1895 
F: http://www.folkinfo.org/songs 
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:GMin
D     |G2G ^F2  D|B2B  A2c| B2 G A2^F|G3- G2 
w:There was a jol-ly mil-ler once Liv'd on the riv-er Dee, 
D     |G2G ^F2  D|B2B  A2c|(BA)G A2^F|G3- G2 
w:He work'd and sang from morn till night, No lark_ more blithe than he.
(B/c/)|d2d  d2  B|c2c  c2A| B2 G c2 B|(B3 A2) 
w:And_ this the bur-den of his song For-ev-er us'd to be,_
 D    |G2G ^F>=ED|B2B HA2c| B>AG A2^F|G3- G2|] 
w: I care for no-bod-y, no not I, If no-bod-y cares for me.


England's new national anthem.