[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> 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 :|
See the Irish tune title index on my website for other (crossed
referenced) titles.
There is evidence from "The Scottish Contract", c 1676, (Silly Old Masn
title) that the tune was known then in England, and "The Scottish
Contract (in Scarce Songs file on my website contains an early version
of "The Blythsome Bridal", a main title of "An the kirk wad lat me
be"
Bruce O.
Roots of Folk: Old British Isles popular and folk songs, tunes,
and broadside ballads at my no-spam website
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