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OOR BRIGG (Our Bridge). Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. 'Oor brigg' is dialect for 'our bridge,' as in the start of this poem by John Castillo (The Bard of the Dales, 1850):

Source for notated version:

They tell us, oft when we're away,
An' cheefly on a Sabbath day,
Oor brigg is crooded wiv inspectors,
'At raise aboot it strange conjecturs.

Sum greeat men wiv judishus seearch,
Hev spy'd a crack or two i' t'arch,
An' sends t'alarm or two i' t'arch,
It seear aneeaf will tummel doon.

Printed sources: Laybourn (Köhler's Violin Repository, Book One), 1881; p. 19.

Recorded sources:

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+'''OOR BRIGG''' (Our Bridge). Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. 'Oor brigg' is dialect for 'our bridge,' as in the start of this poem by John Castillo ('''The Bard of the Dales''', 1850):
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+''They tell us, oft when we're away,''<br>
+''An' cheefly on a Sabbath day,''<br>
+''Oor brigg is crooded wiv inspectors,''<br>
+'' 'At raise aboot it strange conjecturs.''<br>
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+''Sum greeat men wiv judishus seearch,''<br>
+''Hev spy'd a crack or two i' t'arch,''<br>
+''An' sends t'alarm or two i' t'arch,''<br>
+''It seear aneeaf will tummel doon.''<br>
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