I Would Have Preferred Thee At First, But Not Now Sir

jig

Key signature: Amixolydian

Submitted on December 28th 2007 by malcombpiper.

This tune has been added to 12 tunebooks.

Also known as I Would Have Preferred You First, I Would Have Preferred You First, But Not Now Sir, Nuair' Chunnic Mi'n Tòs Thu, Dheaninn Do Phòsadh.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• CastleBayMusic.com by Paul MacNeil And Tracey Dares
• Finlay MacDonald by Finlay MacDonald

X: 1
T: I Would Have Preferred Thee At First, But Not Now Sir
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Amix
|:AAA c<ce|efe c<ce|AAA c<ce|f/g/dB B<Be|
AAA c<ce|efe c<cA|dBB g2B|cAA A<Ae:|
|:aga c<ce|A<Ae c<ce|aga c<ce|f/g/dB B<Be|
aga c<ce|A<Ae c<cA|dBB g2B|cAA A<Ae:|

Sources

This tune was first published in Gunn's Collection, 1848, as a march. I have it set as a jig close to how Finlay MacDonald plays it on his eponymous CD. He states in the liner notes that he got the tune from Gunn's.

Paul K. MacNeil (namesake of Paul K's Strathspey) has it as below on his CD.

X: 1
T:I Would Have Preferred You First
C:Traditional/Arr. Paul K. MacNeil
D:CastleBayMusic.com
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
|:ABA c2d|efe c2e|dBB gBB|dBB BcB|
ABA c2d|efe c2e|dBB gBB|cAA A2:|
|:aga c2e|A2e c2e|aga c2e|gdB c2e|1
aga c2e|A2e c2e|dBB gBB|cAA A2e:|2
aga f2a|e2a c2e|dBB gBB|cAA A2|]

# Posted on December 28th 2007 by malcombpiper