Woe's my heart that we should sunder

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 Theme code Index    5555 6665
 Also known as    Waes my heart that we should sunder, Always My Heart that We Mun Sunder
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England, Scotland
 Genre/Style    English, Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    C
 Accidental    NONE
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    William McGibbon
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Scots Tunes Book 1
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 20
 Year of publication/Date of MS    c. 1746
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Woes my heart that we show’d sunder M:C L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Slow" S:McGibbon – Scots Tunes, Book 1 (c. 1746) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C (G>E)(G>A) G3c | (A>G)(A>c) A2 (G>A) | c3d (e>g)(d>e) | c3d e2 {e/f/}g2 | (G<E)(DE) G3c | {_B}A2 G>F f3a | g>age (fe)T(dc) | TA3G A2c2 :| |: T(f>ef)g (fga)f | {f}e>def (efg)e |T(dcd)e (ge)(de) | c3d e2 {e/f/}g2 | (G>E)(DE) G3c | {_B}A2 (GF) f3a | g>age (fe)T(d>c) | TA3G A2c2 :|]


X:1 T:Waes my Heart that we should sunder M:C L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Slow" B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5 B:(Glasgow, 1801, No. 161, p. 60) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D d|AFAB A2 Ad|BABc B2 AB|d2 de faef|dcde f2 {g}aA| F2 EF A2 Ad|B2 AG !fermata!g2b2|a3f gfed|B3 A B2d:| |:d|gfga b2 ag|fefg a2 gf|edef afef|d2 de f2 !fermata!aA| F2 EF A2 Ad|B2 AG !fermata!g3b|a>bag gfed|{c}B3A B2d:||


X:1 T:Woe's my heart that we should sunder M:C L:1/8 R:Air B:Mulhollan - Selection of Irish and Scots Tunes (Edinburgh, 1804, p. 23) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C (G>E)(G>A) G3c|(A>G)(A>c) A2 (G>A)|c3d (e>g)(d>e)|c3d e2 {ef}g2| (G<E)(DE) G3c|{B}A2 G>F f3a|(g>a)(ge) (fe)T(dc)|TA3G A2c2:| |:T(f>ef)g (fgaf)|{f}e>def (efge)|T(dcde) (ge)(de)|c3 d e2 {ef}g2| (G<E)(DE) G3c|{B}A2 GF f3a|g>ag(e f)T(ed>c)|TA3G A2c2:|]


X:1 T:Woe’s My Heart M:C L:1/8 R:Air O:”Scotch” B:Edward Riley – “Riley’s Flute Melodies vol. 3” (1820, No. 16, p. 4) F: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ab7b93e0-f959-0139-46b9-0242ac110002#/?uuid=27b1bc60-2ae4-013a-20b2-0242ac110003 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D d|(A>F) (A>B) A3d|(B>A) Bd B2 A>B|d3e (f>a) (e>f)|d>c de f2 (f/g/a)| F2 E>F A3d|{=c}B2 AG !fermata!g3 zb|a3f (gf) (ed)|B2A B2d|| d|(g>f) (g>a) {ga}b2 (ag)|(f>e) (fg) a3 (g/f/)|(ed)(ef) afef|Td3e f2 {fg}a2| F2 EF A3d|B2 AG g3b|(a>b)af (gf)(ed)|B3A B2 {Bc}d2||


X:1 T:Wae's my heart that we should sunder M:C L:1/8 R:Air S:John Rook music manuscript collection (1840, p. 38) N:Rook was a multi-instrumentalist from Waverton, near Wigton, Cumbria Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A|A>FA>B A3d|B>ABd B2 A>B|d3e faef|dcde fg!fermata!aA| AFEF A3d|B2 AG g3b|a>baf gfed|B3A B2d:| |:d|g>fga b2 ag|{g}fefg a3 g/f/|edef a<fe>f|d3e fg!fermata!aA| F2 EF A3d|B2 A<G g3 a/b/|a>baf gfed|B3A B2d:||