Birks of Invermay (The)

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Theme code Index	5552 226L6L
Also known as	Birks of Endermay, Birks of Envermay, Scotland's First James
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
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Key/Tonic of	B
Accidental	2 flats
Mode	Ionian (Major)
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History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	William McGibbon
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Scots Tunes Book 2
Tune and/or Page number	p. 36
Year of publication/Date of MS	c. 1746
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<abc float="left"> X:1 T:Birks of Envermay M:C L:1/8 R:Air N:"Slow" S:McGibbon - Scots Tunes, book II, pg. 36 (c. 1746) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Bb (B/c/d/e/) | f3g (fd)!trill!(c>B) | (cB)(cd) G3B|F>GFD F2 B>F|D2(FG) (B/c/d/e/)| f3g (fd)!trill!(cB)|!trill!(c>Bc)d G2 ({B/c/}d)c|(BG)(FD) (FG)(Bc)|(B/c/d) !trill!(c>B) B2:| |:(F>E)|D3F (G>F)GB|!trill!(cBc)dG3g|f>gfd (ed)!trill!(cB)|({c/d/}e2) !trill!d>c c2 fe| d2(f/g/a) b2 !trill!(ag)|(fd)!trill!(cB) G2 !trill!d>c|(BG)(FD) (FG)(Bc)|({B/c/}d2) !trill!(c>B) B2:||

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BIRKS OF INVERMAY. AKA - "Birks of Endermay," "Birks of Envermay," "Scotland's First James." Scottish, Air (4/4 time). B Flat Major (McGibbon): G Major (Jones). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The air to the very popular song of the same name was first published in William Thompson's Orpheus Caledoneus, vol. 2 (2nd edition, London, 1733), and subsequently appeared in many songsters and numerous song sheets. The melody appears in the McLean Collection, published by James Johnson in Edinburgh, 1772, ascribed posthumously to Mr. Charles McLean (though at strain 11 the gigue is credited to Robert McIntosh). It also appears in the McFarlane Manuscript (1740) without McIntosh's two strains, and in the "drawing room" style (Emmerson). In America, the melody was entered into numerous musicians' manuscripts, including the 1782 music copybook of Jeremiah Brown (Seabrook, New Hampshire), flute player Henry Beck's 1786 ms., among others.

Printed sources: Johnson (A Further Collection of Dances, Marches, Minuetts and Duetts of the Latter 18th Century), 1998; p. 13. Jones [Ed.] (Complete Tutor Violin), c. 1815; p. 5. McGibbon (Scots Tunes, Book II), c. 1746; p. 36. O'Farrell (Collection of National Irish Music for the Union Pipes), 1797; p. 52.

X:2 T:The Birks of Invermay. M:C L:1/8 B:Complete Tutor Violin (c. 1815) Z:Dr. Evan Jones [Ed.] K:G U:T=!trill! N:Printed with :||: at the end replaced with :|] %%graceslurs false N:Also published in William Thomson's Orpheus Caledonius (1733). See http://www.silverwhistle.co.uk/songs/birks.html (Bc) | d3 e (d>B) (AG) | (TA>GA)B E3 G | (D>ED)B, D2 (GD) | B,2 (D>E) D2 (G/A/B/c/) | d3 e ({fg})(dBA) G | (cB) (AG) E2 (B>A) | (GE) DB, D2 (G>A) | B2 (A>G) G2 :||: (DC) | B,3 D (E>DE)G | (A>GA)B E3 e | (d>ed)B (cB) (AG) | (c>d) (e/d/)(c/B/) A2 (d>c) | (Bd) (ef) g3 ({f/}e) | (dB) (AG) E2 (B>A) | (GE) (DB,) D2 (G>A) | B2 (TA>G) G2 :|]

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