Annotation:Over the Border (2)
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OVER THE BORDER [2]. AKA - "Ower the Border." AKA and see "Lairds of Ryton (The)." Scottish, English; Slip Jig. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. The melody appears as "Lairds of Ryton (The)" in the c. 1812 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician John Bell [].
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Misntrelsy), 1882; p. 183. Riddell (Collection of Scotch Galwegian Border Tunes), 1794; p. 7.
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