Bere Meal is Cheap Again (Da) (The)

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 Also known as    Through the Wood of Fyvie
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 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Shetland/Orkney
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
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 Time signature    4/4
 History    Scotland/Shetland/Orkney"Scotland/Shetland/Orkney" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
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BERE MEAL IS CHEAP AGAIN, THE/DA. AKA and see "Through the Wood of Fyvie." Shetlands, Shetland Reel. Shetland, Whalsay. "The Dear Meal is Cheap Again" is a similar title. Cooke (1986) gives the following text to this dance tune, in oral tradition in the Shetlands in the 1970's:

Da bere meal is cheap again,
Eight pence a peck again.

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