Title Bonny Bessy (t) 
Short Title Scots MM-1, 1787 
Page 31 
Genre  SC 
Country 
Instruments  VO,PF 
Incipit  //132/15//6543/2//132/15 
Indicated Tune Bessey's Haggies (it) 
First Line Bessy's beauties shine sae bright (fl) 
Verses
Stress Notes  116211 
Intervals  3,-2,-2,5,2,-2,-2,-2,-2,-2,3,-2,-2,5, 
Key Signature FU#,C# 
Time Signature
Do
Date 1787 
Number E31.38 
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