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Also known as	Shamboe Breeches, Bernard's Well
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Mixolydian
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Neil Stewart
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Newest and Best Reels or Country Dances (The)
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS	1761
Artist	Biography:Ferintosh
Title of recording
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Year recorded
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Score ()

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BERNARD'S WELL. AKA and see "St. Bernard's Well." Scottish, Reel. G Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The melody was first published by Neil Stewart (or Steuart) in The Newest and Best Reels or Country Dances (1761, pg. 25), according to Glen, and also appears in the Gillespie Manuscript of 1768. Stewart prints the reel again under the title "Shamboe Breeches." Bernard's Well was "an Edinburgh landmark for those who took the waters to improve their health. The value was no doubt more psychological than medical, although the water was said to be 'impregnated with iron and sulpher...and highly diuretic" (Alburger, 1983).

Printed source: Alburger (Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music), 1983; Ex. 35, p. 59.

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-'''BERNARD'S WELL'''. AKA and see &quot;St. Bernard's Well.&quot; Scottish, Reel. G Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The melody was first published by Neil Stewart (or Steuart) in '''The Newest and Best Reels or Country Dances''' (1761, pg. 25), according to Glen, and also appears in the Gillespie Manuscript of 1768. Bernard's Well was &quot;an Edinburgh landmark for those who took the waters to improve their health. The value was no doubt more psychological than medical, although the water was said to be 'impregnated with iron and sulpher...and highly diuretic&quot; (Alburger, 1983).
+'''BERNARD'S WELL'''. AKA and see &quot;St. Bernard's Well.&quot; Scottish, Reel. G Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The melody was first published by Neil Stewart (or Steuart) in '''The Newest and Best Reels or Country Dances''' (1761, pg. 25), according to Glen, and also appears in the Gillespie Manuscript of 1768. Stewart prints the reel again under the title &quot;Shamboe Breeches.&quot; Bernard's Well was &quot;an Edinburgh landmark for those who took the waters to improve their health. The value was no doubt more psychological than medical, although the water was said to be 'impregnated with iron and sulpher...and highly diuretic&quot; (Alburger, 1983).
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