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Theme code Index	351H3H 1H666
Also known as	Braes o' Mar, Braes of Marr, Braes of Mor, Johnny Will You Marry Me, Lasses of Donnybrook, Lord MacDonald (1), Love Won't You Marry Me?, Sir Alexander McDonald, Some Say the Devil's Dead, Reel des noces
Composer/Core Source	Biography:John Coutts
Region	Canada, Scotland
Genre/Style	Cape Breton/PEI, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	March/Marche, Strathspey
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	CANADA(Maritimes/English)
Structure	AABC
Editor/Compiler	Nathaniel Gow
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Complete Repository Part 2
Tune and/or Page number	p. 35
Year of publication/Date of MS	1802
Artist	Biography:Edinburgh Highland Reel and Strathspey Society
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Beltona BL2135 (78 RPM)
Year recorded	1936
Media
Score ()

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X:1
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T:Braes of Mar Old Set, The
M:D
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:J. Anderson - Anderson's Budget of Strathspeys, Reels & Country Dances 
B: for the German Flute or Violin (Edinburgh, 1820, p. 11)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
(A/G/)|FA A(f/g/) afed|gfed BdBA|FAAf afed|egfa e2d:||
A|(FA)AB (AB)AF|G/G/G G2 GABG|(FA)(AB) (AB)(AF)|GAFd E2 (Da)|
(fa).a.b (ab).a.f|g/g/g g2 gabg|(fa).a.b (ab).a.f|gafg e2d||

X:1
%
T:Braes of Marr, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
N:”Original Set”
B:Davie's Caledonian Repository (Aberdeen, 1829-30, pp. 10-11)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A|F<AA>B d>ef>e|d<BB<A B>dB>A|F<AA>B d>ef>d|
e>dg>f {f}e2d::A|F<AA>D F>DA>F|G<BB>E G>EB>G|
F<AA>D F>DA>F|G<BF<A {F}E2D::A|F<AA>B d>ef>e|
D<BB>A B<dB>A|F<AA>B d>ef>d|e<gf<a e2d:|
|:g|f<a ~a2 f>da>f|g/g/g g/g/g g>ab>g|f<a ~a2 f>da>f|g<bf<a {f}e2 dg|
f<aa>d f>da>f|g<bb>e g>eb>g|f<aa>g f>da>d|(3gbg (3faf e2d||

X:1
%
T:Braes o’ Mar [1]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Milne – Middleton’s Selection of Strathspeys, Reels &c. for the Violin (1870, p. 12)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
G|F<(AA>)B (d>e)(f>e)|d<(BB>A) B<dB>A|F>(AA>B) (d>e)(f>d)|
(e<g)(f<a) {ef}(e2d):|G|F<A(A>D) (F>D)A>F|G<B(B>E) (G>E)B>G|
F<A(A>D) (F>D)A>F|G<BF>A (E2 D)g|f(a>a>d) (f>d)(a>f)|
g<(bb>e) (g>e)(b>g)|f<a(a>g) f>da>f|(3gbg (3faf {ef}(e2d)||

X:2
%
T:Braes of Mar [1]
M:C
L:1/8
R:March
S:Morison - Highland Airs and Quicksteps, vol. II, No. 34  (c. 1882)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
dB | A>B AB/c/ d>e f>e | dB BA/(B/ d)B Bd/B/ | A>B AB/c/ d>e fd | ed a>f e2d2 :|
{g}fd ad {g}fd ad | ge B/g/f/e/ ge ag/a/ | fd ad fd ad | ga/g/ fa/f/ {f}e2d2 || 
{g}fd ad fd ad | ge B/g/f/e/ ge ag/a/ | fa ef df Bd | Ad f/a/g/f/ {f}e2d2 ||

X:3
%
T:Braes of Mar [1]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection  (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
A/G/|F<A A>B d>ef>e|d<B B>A B>d BA/G/|F<A A>B d>ef>d|e>dg>f e2d:|
|:A/G/|F<A A>D FD AG/F/|G<B B>E G<E BA/G/|1 F<A A>D FD AG/F/|
(3GBG (3FAF E2D:|2 F<A A>G F>A d>e/f/g|f>dg>f e2d||

X:4
%
T:Braes of Mar [1] (Old Set)
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
A|F<A AB/c/ d>ef>e|d<B B>A d<B BA/G/|F<A A>B d>ef>d|e<gf<a e2d:|
|:g|f<a a2 f<d a>f|g<b b2 g<e b>g|f<a a2 f<d a>f|g<bf<a e2d:||

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