X:0
T: The Merry Lads of Ayr
T: 8x32R
B: RSCDS 1-12
R: reel
P: Each tune twice; 1234 2341
F:http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Scotland/MerryLadsOfAyr.abc	 2024-06-03 163126 UT
K:

X:1
P: the Merry Lads of Ayr
C: John Riddell
B: RSCDS 1-12
R: reel
Z: 1997 by John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C|
L: 1/8
K: C
|: f \
| "C"edcB cGGf | edce "F"f2"G"gf | "C"edcB cGGc | "F"A/B/c "C"GE "G7"D2 D :|
|: d \
| "C"c2ga "(G)"gede | "C"ccga "(G)"g2ed | "C"cega gece | "F"fa"C"ge "G"d3 :|

X:2
P: Tail Toddle Reel
C: William Nesbit (attr. 1784)
N: This tune was attributed to Mr. Nesbit in Niel Gow's First Collection (1784).
N: It is similar to the tune Fiddle-Faddle, published by John Walsh in Caledonian Country Dances (1731).
B: Mel Bay 224 (in A)
B: Carlin #224 (in A, as strathspey, attr. to "William Nisbet")
B: Kerr's 4th p.10 (in D)
B: BSFC XI-7 (in D)
D: Fiddlers 3+2 A6
Z: 1999 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: D
|: "D"~d2 fd "G"g2 fe | "D"~d2 fd "A7"e2 cA | "D"~d2 fd "G"g2 fe | "D"(3fga gf "A7"e2 cA :|
|: "G"g2 dB ~B2 dB | g2 dB "A7"e2 cA | "G"g2 dB ~B2 dB | "A7"~A2 af e2 cA :|

X:3
P: De'il Stick da Minister   [D]
O: Henry Playford 1700
B: Henry Playford "A Collection of Original Scotch Tunes" London 1700
R: reel
M: C|
L: 1/8
Z: 1999 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
K: D
|: "D"Adfd "A7"~e2ce | "D"fdfd "G"~g2eg | "D"fdfd "A7"~e2ce | "G"~d2ed "A7"cAA2 :|
|: "D"fgaf      gagf | "C"e{d}=cgc ecgc | "D"fgaf "A7"gece  | "G"~d2ed "A7"cAA2 :|

X:4
P: the Glenburnie Rant  (Fight About the Fireside)
C: Neil Gow
R: reel
Z: John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C|
L: 1/8
K: Em
  B,2 | "Em"E2EF E2E2 | "D"DEFG AFDF | "Em"E2EF    E2B2 | "B7"efe^d "Em"e2 :|
|: B2 | "Em"e2ef g2fe | "D"defg afdf |1 "C"e2ef    g2fe | "B7"efe^d "Em"e2 \
                                     :|2 "G"g2ag "D"f2gf | "B7"efe^d "Em"e2 |]