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MUSIC O' SPEY, THE. Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). C Major (Skinner/Hirn): A Major (Bain, Hunter, Skinner/Violinist). Standard tuning (fiddle). One Part (Skinner): AB (Hunter): AABB (Bain). Composed by the great Scottish fiddler and composer [[biography:J. Scott Skinner]] (1848-1927).
'''MUSIC O' SPEY, THE.''' Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). C Major (Skinner/Hirn): A Major (Bain, Hunter, Skinner/Violinist). Standard tuning (fiddle). One Part (Skinner): AB (Hunter): AABB (Bain). Composed by the great Scottish fiddler and composer [[biography:J. Scott Skinner]] (1848-1927).
[[File:skinner.jpg|200px|thumb|left|James Scott Skinner]]
[[File:skinner.jpg|200px|thumb|left|James Scott Skinner]]
Words were written to the tune by R. Grant, and appear in the front of Skinner's '''Miller o' Hirn Collection''' (1881). They begin:
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''I sing o' the Spey, the bonnie, bonnie Spey,''<br>
''Whar the primrose grows so early,''<br>
''An' ilka mile o' the bonnie Hielan' stream''<br>
''Can shew you some rare fairlie.''<br>
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''O dearly I lo'e the grand auld Spey,''<br>
''And its music aye sae cheerie,''<br>
''Whan I hear the sound' o' my aid dear stream;''<br>
''I ne'er feel dow nor weary.''<br>
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MUSIC O' SPEY, THE. Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). C Major (Skinner/Hirn): A Major (Bain, Hunter, Skinner/Violinist). Standard tuning (fiddle). One Part (Skinner): AB (Hunter): AABB (Bain). Composed by the great Scottish fiddler and composer biography:J. Scott Skinner (1848-1927).

James Scott Skinner

Words were written to the tune by R. Grant, and appear in the front of Skinner's Miller o' Hirn Collection (1881). They begin:

I sing o' the Spey, the bonnie, bonnie Spey,
Whar the primrose grows so early,
An' ilka mile o' the bonnie Hielan' stream
Can shew you some rare fairlie.

O dearly I lo'e the grand auld Spey,
And its music aye sae cheerie,
Whan I hear the sound' o' my aid dear stream;
I ne'er feel dow nor weary.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Bain (50 Fiddle Solos), 1989; p. 10. Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1992; p. 49. Skinner (Miller o' Hirn Collection), 1881. Skinner (The Scottish Violinist); 1900, p. 35.

Recorded sources:




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