Annotation:Oswald's Farewell
X:1 T:Oswald's Farewell M:C L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Plaintive," "Slow" B:Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 11 (1760, p. 130) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D f2 T(e>d) B2 d>B|A2 B.c d2D2|(gf)T(ed) B2 (d/B/A/F/)|A2 B>c d4:| |:a2 f>a (a2 b)a|(gf)Ted B2d2|a2 f>a (a2 b)a|gfTed (d2e)z| f2 e>f g2 f>a|(ba)(gf) e2 A>B|=c2 (e/d/)c B2d2|(AF)(AB) d4:| |:A3g fa (f/e/)d|B3c (dc)(BA)|A3g fa (g/f/e/d/)|B2 A>B d4:| |:a3g (g2 f)e|d2 e>f {ef}g2 f2|a3g f2 Te>d|c2 TB>A A4| (g2 f)b a(f/a/) Ted|(e2 f)a {a}b2 a2|(gf)(ed) (=c2 B)d|(AF)(AB) d4:| P:Brisk M:6/8 L:1/8 dcd Bcd|ged Tc2A|dcd Bcd|gec d2D:| |:aba aeg|fad Tc2A|aba aeg|fac d2D:| |:FAF GBG|FAF EGE|FAF GBG|AcA d2D:| |:FAF GBG|FAF EGE|FAF GBG|AcA d2D:| |:aaa T^g2B|=ggg Tf2A|=fff fed|dec d2D:|]
OSWALD'S FAREWELL. Scottish, Air (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDDEEFFGGHH. "Oswald's Farewell" was presumably composed by cellist-composer wikipedia:James_Oswald_(composer) (1710–1769), perhaps for his remove from Edinburgh to London in the 1740's.
