Annotation:Torry Burn Lasses

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X:2 T:Torry Burn. a Reel. R:reel M:C L:1/8 B:Complete Tutor Violin (c. 1815) Z:Dr. Evan Jones, 2005 K:G D | G2 (BG) (Bd) d2 | c2 (ec) (eg) g2 | G2 (BG) Bcdg | edcB A2 G :|| d | g2 (bg) afed | e>def gdBG | g2 (bg) afgd | edef g3 a | bagf gfed |{f}edef gdBG | cBcd efge | dBGB A2 G |]

TOR(R)Y BURN LASSES. AKA and see “Comely Jane Downing,” "Larry Bourn," "Tady's Wattle." AKA - "Torry Burn," "Torryburn Lasses." Scottish, Reel or Country Dance Tune. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (most versions). Torryburn Lasses is also the name of a Scottish country dance.

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 453 (appears as "Torry Burn"). Gow (Complete Repository, Part 2), 1802; p. 15 (appears as “Torry Burn”). Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 204. Jones [Ed.] (Complete Tutor Violin), c. 1815; p. 3. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 1), c. 1880; No. 4, p. 23. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 98. Moffat (Dance Music of the North), 1908; No. 11, p. 5. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 159. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; p. 30 (appears as “Torry Burn”).

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