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|f_annotation=BIG BOAT OF INVER, THE. Scottish, "The Big Boat of Inver" was composed by Atholl gamekeeper and fiddler-composer [[biography:John Crerar]]. Crerar researcher Eilidh Scammell writes that the title refers to a ferry boat that traversed the River Tay at Inver, prior to the bridge being built at nearby Dunkeld in 1808. See also Crerar's "[[Merry Lads of Inver (The)]]." | |f_annotation='''BIG BOAT OF INVER, THE.''' Scottish, "The Big Boat of Inver" was composed by Atholl gamekeeper and fiddler-composer [[biography:John Crerar]]. Crerar researcher Eilidh Scammell writes that the title refers to a ferry boat that traversed the River Tay at Inver, prior to the bridge being built at nearby Dunkeld in 1808<ref>Eilidh Scammell, BA Thesis, "John Crerar, a Highland Perthshire fiddler 1750-1840", 2013, p. 31.</ref>. See also Crerar's "[[Merry Lads of Inver (The)]]." | ||
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BIG BOAT OF INVER, THE. Scottish, "The Big Boat of Inver" was composed by Atholl gamekeeper and fiddler-composer biography:John Crerar. Crerar researcher Eilidh Scammell writes that the title refers to a ferry boat that traversed the River Tay at Inver, prior to the bridge being built at nearby Dunkeld in 1808[1]. See also Crerar's "Merry Lads of Inver (The)."
- ↑ Eilidh Scammell, BA Thesis, "John Crerar, a Highland Perthshire fiddler 1750-1840", 2013, p. 31.