[scots-l] The Kirk

[AIKUNTZ]

I was going through McGibbon's "Scots Tunes" (1762, according to Glen) and found a tune called "An the Kirk wad let me be".  I thought also of the title "De'il Stick the Minister", also from the mid-18th century, and wondered if there was a connection. Perhaps some kind of reaction to the Scottish Kirk at that time? Was there some kind of anti-clerical feeling in Scotland in the mid-18th century, and was this an influence or a reaction to the politics of the time?

Regards,
Andrew Kuntz

X:1
T:An the Kirk wad let me be
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:"Slow"
S:McGibbon - Scots Tunes, Book 1 (c. 1762)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
G3AG2 | B2d2e2 | {e}d2 (cB)(AG) | "tr"A4G2 | A2B2d2 | "tr"e4 (d/e/g) | G2B2d2 |
g2f2e2 | d2 (cB)(AG) | A2B2d2 | B2 (cB)(AG) | "tr"E4 D2 :: g2d2g2 | g3 aga |
"tr"f3ed2 | (e2d2)B2 | g3 abc' | "tr"{b}a4 g2 | g2d2g2 | b2a2g2 | "tr"f3ed2 | e2f2g2 |
{e}d2 (cB)(AG) | "tr"{B}A4G2 :: d6 | (ed)(cB)g2 | {e}d2 (cB)(AG) | "tr"{B}A4G2 |
"tr"a4 (gf) | e2 "tr"(f2{e/f/}g2) | G2B2d2 | g2 (ag)"tr"(fe) | d2 (cB)(AG) | A2B2 (A/B/d) |
B2 (cB)(AG) | "tr"E4D2 :: g>a b2g2 | d2g2b2 | {b}a2 (gf)(ed) | (e2d2)b2 | g>fg>ab >c' |
"tr"{b}a4 g2 | b 2 gabg | a2 fgaf | (gf)(ef)(ge) | (dcB)(cd)B | g2d2 B>c | "tr"{B}A4G2 :|
M:9/8
L:1/8
N:"Brisk"
G>AG Bde dBG | "tr"A2G ABd "tr"e2g | GAB gfe dBG | ABd cAG "tr"E2D :|
|: gdg g>ag "tr"fed | edB gab "tr"a2g | g>ag bag "tr"f>ed | (e/f/g)e dBG "tr"A2G :|