>> - the ballad air "Lord Gregory", which is in 7-bar phrases.
> Eight bar phrases, surely?
This is the tune I know for it (from several sources):
X:1
T:Lord Gregory
B:Burns, Poems and Songs, OED collected edition
M:3/4
L:1/8
K:A Minor
A2 | e4 A>B |({A}^G4) E2 | A4 B2 | c4 ||\
(3(ceg)| {f}e4 d>c | B4 c>A| B4 ||
B2 | e4 A2 | {A}^G4 E2 | A4 B2 | c4 ||\
(3(ceg)|({f}e4) d>c | c4 TB2 | A4 ||
A2 | e4 e>e | f4 e2 |({e}d4) d2 |({d}e4)||\
e>d | c4 cd/e/| {e}d4 c2 | {c}B4 ||
B2 | e4 A2 | ^G4 F>E| (A4 B2)| c4 ||\
(3(ceg)| {f}e4 d>c | c4 TB2 | A4 |]
I've put double bars at the line breaks, as in old hymnbooks.
The air is rather like an old psalm tune, come to think of it,
and they often have irregular structures.
Is there an 8-bar one in Bronson or somewhere?
Maybe you're prolonging the last note of the three-bar lines?
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