Annotation:Yes Kind Sir
X:1 T:Yes Kind Sir M:C| L:1/8 R:Air S:John Rook’s music manuscript collection (1840, Waverly, Cumbria, p. 19) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A A2|E4A4|BABc A2a2|fgaf ecBA|d2 B4c2| E4A4|BABc A2a2|fgaf edcB|c2 A4|| e2|fefg e2 ce|dcBA B2e2|fefg agfe|c2e4e2| fefg e2 ce|dcBA B4|c2e2 dcBA|c2 A4||
YES KIND SIR. AKA - "Yes kind sir & I thank ye too." English, Scottish; Air (whole time). England; Northumberland, Cumbria. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody can be found in the music manuscript collections of John Hall (prob. West Northumberland, 1833) and John Rook (Waverton, Cumbria, 1840). The title comes from a courtship song, "'Twas Yes, Kind Sir," published in chapbooks[1]
in the very early 19th century. The first stanza goes:
The ruddy morn blinks o’er the brae,
As blithe I gade to milk my kine,
When near the winding burn of Tay,
Wi’ bonny gait, and twa black een;
Highland lad sae kind me tent,
Saying, Sonsy lass, how’s a’ wi’ you?
Shall I your pail tak o’er the bent?
'Twas yes, kind Sir, and I thank you too.
