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|f_annotation='''PEARLIN PEGGIE'S BONNY.''' AKA and see "[[Laird of Foveran (The)]]." Scottish, (Slow) Air (3/2 time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Dancing master, fiddler and composer William Christie (1778-1849), of Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire, in whose 1820 collection this tune appears, labelled this 3/2 time tune as "old" in his day. According to '''The New Statistical Account of Scotland''' (pub. 1834-45): "FOVERAN, a parish, in the district of Ellon, county of Aberdeen, 12 miles (N. by W.) from Aberdeen; containing the village of Newburgh and the barony of Kuockhall. This place was formerly remarkable for its castle, called Foveran, as is supposed, from [Ed.- Scots Gaelic ''fuaran'']a sweet and powerful spring, which still flows with its ancient vigour; but every vestige of the fortress is gone. The church is a plain substantial edifice, built in 1794, and accommodating 700 persons; the interior contains two handsome marble monuments to the Foveran family, and another, of very superior character, designed by Bacon, to the Udny family." | |f_annotation='''PEARLIN PEGGIE'S BONNY.'''AKA - "Pearlin Peggy." AKA and see "[[Laird of Foveran (The)]]." Scottish, (Slow) Air (3/2 time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Dancing master, fiddler and composer William Christie (1778-1849), of Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire, in whose 1820 collection this tune appears, labelled this 3/2 time tune as "old" in his day. According to '''The New Statistical Account of Scotland''' (pub. 1834-45): "FOVERAN, a parish, in the district of Ellon, county of Aberdeen, 12 miles (N. by W.) from Aberdeen; containing the village of Newburgh and the barony of Kuockhall. This place was formerly remarkable for its castle, called Foveran, as is supposed, from [Ed.- Scots Gaelic ''fuaran'']a sweet and powerful spring, which still flows with its ancient vigour; but every vestige of the fortress is gone. The church is a plain substantial edifice, built in 1794, and accommodating 700 persons; the interior contains two handsome marble monuments to the Foveran family, and another, of very superior character, designed by Bacon, to the Udny family." | ||
The song "Burnwall" printed in '''Traditional Ballad Airs, vol. 2''' (p. 76) was directed to be sung to the air "Pearlin Peggy, or The Laid of Foveran." The note for the tune mentions: | |||
|f_printed_sources=Christie ('''Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Hornpipes, Waltzes &c.'''), Edinburgh, 1820; pp. 26-27. | |f_printed_sources=Christie ('''Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Hornpipes, Waltzes &c.'''), Edinburgh, 1820; pp. 26-27. | ||
|f_recorded_sources=Alpha Productions, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien &François Lazarevitch - "For Ever Fortune: Scottish Music in the 18th Century" (2012). The Fire -<span>"Radiance" (2018). Chris Harrison - "The Banks of the Deveron." David Greenberg - "Spring any day now." </span> | |f_recorded_sources=ABC Classics, Chris Duncan, Catherine Strutt & Julian Thompson - "The Red House: The Heritage of the Scottish Fiddle." Alpha Productions, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien &François Lazarevitch - "For Ever Fortune: Scottish Music in the 18th Century" (2012). The Fire -<span>"Radiance" (2018). Chris Harrison - "The Banks of the Deveron." David Greenberg - "Spring any day now." </span> | ||
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Revision as of 16:05, 19 August 2020
PEARLIN PEGGIE'S BONNY.AKA - "Pearlin Peggy." AKA and see "Laird of Foveran (The)." Scottish, (Slow) Air (3/2 time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Dancing master, fiddler and composer William Christie (1778-1849), of Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire, in whose 1820 collection this tune appears, labelled this 3/2 time tune as "old" in his day. According to The New Statistical Account of Scotland (pub. 1834-45): "FOVERAN, a parish, in the district of Ellon, county of Aberdeen, 12 miles (N. by W.) from Aberdeen; containing the village of Newburgh and the barony of Kuockhall. This place was formerly remarkable for its castle, called Foveran, as is supposed, from [Ed.- Scots Gaelic fuaran]a sweet and powerful spring, which still flows with its ancient vigour; but every vestige of the fortress is gone. The church is a plain substantial edifice, built in 1794, and accommodating 700 persons; the interior contains two handsome marble monuments to the Foveran family, and another, of very superior character, designed by Bacon, to the Udny family."
The song "Burnwall" printed in Traditional Ballad Airs, vol. 2 (p. 76) was directed to be sung to the air "Pearlin Peggy, or The Laid of Foveran." The note for the tune mentions:
