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'''BRAES OF GLENORCHY [2]''' (Braigh Ghlinn Urchaidh). Scottish, Jig. The tune appears first in print in Alexander Mackay's 1805 collection. It is an early setting of the jig better known as "The Jolly Corkonian" or "Hills of Glenorchy [1]."  
'''BRAES OF GLENORCHY [2]''' (Braigh Ghlinn Urchaidh). Scottish, Jig. Glen Orchy is a long glen in Argyll and Bute, western Scotland, through which runs the River Orchy. Braes is the Scots term for the banks of the river. The tune appears first in print in Alexander Mackay's 1805 collection. It is an early setting of the jig better known as "The Jolly Corkonian" or "Hills of Glenorchy [1]."  
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 Also known as    Braigh Ghlinn Urchaidh, Jolly Corkonian (The), Hills of Glenorchy (1)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    
 Accidental    
 Mode    
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Charles Gore
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Fiddler's Book of Scottish Jigs (A)
 Tune and/or Page number    
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1997
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BRAES OF GLENORCHY [2] (Braigh Ghlinn Urchaidh). Scottish, Jig. Glen Orchy is a long glen in Argyll and Bute, western Scotland, through which runs the River Orchy. Braes is the Scots term for the banks of the river. The tune appears first in print in Alexander Mackay's 1805 collection. It is an early setting of the jig better known as "The Jolly Corkonian" or "Hills of Glenorchy [1]."

Printed source: Gore (A Fiddler's Book of Scottish Jigs), 1997.


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