I Ha'e A Wife O' Ma Ain

slip jig

Key signature: Edorian

Submitted on August 29th 2003 by dafydd.

This tune has been added to 23 tunebooks.

Also known as A Wife Of My Ain, A Wife Of My Own, I Hae A Wife O Ma Ain (Jig), I Have A Wife Of My Ain, I Have A Wife Of My Own, Jack Won't Sell His Fiddle, My Wife's My Own.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Live And Kicking by Swarb's Lazarus
• Smiddyburn by Dave Swarbrick
• Syncopace by Syncopace
• Traditional Irish Tunes Played On The Tin Whistle (1/2) by Geraldine Cotter

X: 1
T: I Ha'e A Wife O' Ma Ain
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Edor
|:EDE G2A B3|EDE G2A BGE|
EDE G2A Bcd|DED d2B AFD:|
g2g fgf e3|EDE G2A BGE|
gag fgf efg|DED d2B AFD:|

I Ha'e A Wife O' Ma Ain

A Scottish slip jig,transcribed from Ossian's first album.

# Posted on March 1st 2003 by dafydd

Also recorded by Syncopace.

# Posted on August 5th 2004 by Dr. Dow

Lyrics - Burns (1788)

I ha'e a wife o' my ain,
I'll partake wi' naebody,
I'll tak cuckold frae nane,
I'll gi'e cuckold tae naebody.
I ha'e a penny tae spend,
There, thanks tae naebody,
I ha'e naething tae lend,
I'll borrow frae naebody.

I am naebody's lord,
I'll be slave tae naebody;
I ha'e a guid broad sword,
I'll tak' dunts frae naebody,
I'll be merry and free,
I'll be sad for naebody,
If naebody cares for me,
I'll care for naebody.

# Posted on June 14th 2007 by No Cause For Alarm

"My Wife's My Own" ~ slip jig ~ the Irish way, & quite different

Key signature: A Dorian (B Dorian in comments)
Submitted on June 11th 2007 by Pierre Commes.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/7337

# Posted on June 14th 2007 by ceolachan

Ha'e A Wife O' Ma Ain

This Ossian recording :http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/1383
but it is not linking . Apart from playing G2 not ~G2 the fiddle on that recording is doing something close to this version from Gow, lifted straight from "The Fiddlers Companion".
X:1
T:I hae a wife o’ my ain
M:9/8
L:1/8
S:Gow – 1st Repository (1799)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E Minor
EFE ~G2A B3|EFE G2A BGE|EFE ~G2A B^cd|DED {^c}d2B AFD:|
g>ag fgf e3|EFE ~G2A BGE|g>ag fgf e3|DED {^c}d2B AFD|g>ag fgf e3|
EFE ~G2A BGE|g>ag fgf efg|DED DdB AFD||

Am finding it a fun beginner tune on flute. Not many notes to learn but plenty else to work at.

# Posted on July 27th 2009 by David50