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 Theme code Index    3H1H1H5 3H1H4H3H
 Also known as    Lads of Ayr, Bonny Lads of Air, Lads of AIr, Merry Lads of Ayr (The)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    C
 Accidental    NONE
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    
 Structure    AAB
 Editor/Compiler    David Young
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Bodleian Manuscript
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 29
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1740
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 Media    
 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Bonny Lads of Air T:Lads of Ayr [1] M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Archibald Duff – Collection of Strathspey Reels &c. (1794, p. 19) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F f|:(ed).c.A cGGf|edcA f3g|(ed)cA cGGc|(A/=B/c) .G.E D3:| d|c2 ga gede|ccga g2 .e.d|c2 ga gede|(f/g/)a ge d2 de| c/c/c ga gede|c/c/c ga g2 ed|c/c/c ga gedc|fage dcdf||


X:1 T:Lads of Air [1], The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:Mackintosh - Third Book of Sixty-Eight New Reels and Strathspeys (1796) K:C |:f|(ed)cA cGG(f|ed)ce f2 (e/f/g)|edce d(c/B/A/ c)G|(A/B/c) (GE) D3:|| e|c/c/c (g>a) gede|c/c/c ga g2 (fe)|c/c/c (ga) gece|fgef d2 (de)| c/c/c (ga) gede|c/c/c (ga) g2 fe|cegc' egcg|afge dagf||


X:2 T:Lads of Ayr [1], The M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:J. Anderson - Anderson's Budget of Strathspeys, Reels & Country Dances B: for the German Flute or Violin (Edinburgh, 1820, p. 28) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C f|:edcA cGGf|ecde f2 (fg)|edcA cGGc|AGce d2c:|| e|cega gede|c/c/c (ga) g2 (ed)|cega gece|fage d2 (de)| gcga gede|c/c/c (ga) g2 (ed)|cega gece|faeg defa||


X: 3 T: the Merry Lads of Ayr T:Lads of Ayr [1] C: John Riddell B: RSCDS 1-12 R: reel Z: 1997 by John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> M: C| L: 1/8 F:http://jc.tzo.net/~jc/music/abc/Scotland/reel/MerryLadsOfAyrR.abc K: C |: f \ | "C"edcB cGGf | edce "F"f2"G"gf | "C"edcB cGGc | "F"A/B/c "C"GE "G7"D2 D :| |: d \ | "C"c2ga "(G)"gede | "C"ccga "(G)"g2ed | "C"cega gece | "F"fa"C"ge "G"d3 :|