Annotation:New Brig o' Dee (1) (The)
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NEW BRIG O' DEE [1], THE. AKA and see "Auld Brig o' Ayr (The)," "Benholm Castle," "Bob Steele," "Johnnie Steele," "Miller o' Dervil (The)." Scottish (originally), Canadian; Reel. Canada, Prince Edward Island. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. Henderson (1935) attributes the tune to John Nivan, Aberdeen, 1761.
Source for notated version: Emmett Hughes (b. 1921, Dromore, Queen's County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman].
Printed sources: Henderson (Flowers of Scottish Melody), 1935. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 79.
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