Bob of Fettercairn (The)

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Theme code Index	5151 5575
Also known as	Braw Lads of Jethart, Braw Lads of Jedburgh, Come Kiss with Me, Had I the Wight, Had I the Wyte, Highland Hills, I'll Kiss the Lass, I'll Kiss the Wife, She Bad Me, She Bade Me, Kail and Knockit Corn, Mrs. Reneau's Reel, Newburn Lads, Newburn Lasses
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Niel Gow
Book/Manuscript title	Book:hird Collection of Niel Gow's Reels
Tune and/or Page number	p. 34
Year of publication/Date of MS	1792
Artist	Jean Carignan
Title of recording	Jean Carignan
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Philo 2001
Year recorded
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BOB OF FETTERCAIRN, THE. AKA and see "Braw Lads o' Jethart," "Braw Lads of Jedburgh," "Come Kiss with Me Come Clap with Me," "Had I the Wight," "Highland Hills," "I'll Kiss the Lass," "I'll Kiss the Wife," She Bad Me," "She Bade Me," "Kail and Knockit Corn" (Shetland), "Mrs. Reneau's Reel" (Canada), "Newburn Lads/Newburn Lasses." Scottish (orig.), Canadian; Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A 'bob' in Scottish dialect is a patch of grass or a plot of grain. Fettercairn, Aberdeenshire, is a village north of Brechin approached by a wooded valley along which MacBeth is believed to have retreated after his defeat at Dunsinane. It was the site of Kincardine Castle, whose history goes back to the 10th century. A turreted arch commemorating the 1861 visit of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert survives at the entrance to the village. See "Highland Hills" for an early version of the melody, printed in the Gillespie Manuscript of Perth (1768).

The tune is often played in Scotland in a medley with "Caber Feidh/Caper Fey." In Northumberland the tune has been embroidered with arpeggi and re-titled "Newburn Lasses." Lisa Ornstein finds variants in the Quebec fiddler Joseph Allard's "Reel de Madame Renault," and the eastern Kentucky old-time tune "Dr. Humprey's Jig/Humphrey's Jig (1)" (in the repertoires of Jilson Setters {J.W. Day} and Ed Hayley, among others). See also the related Cape Breton reel "Beul Iosait," and the Scottish "A' bean an gabh thu fidhleir" (Woman take you the fiddler). Great Highland bagpipers sometimes play a four-part strathspey version of the tune.

Printed source: Cairngorm Collection, Book 3. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 236. Gordon Highlanders Collection, vol. 1. Gow (Third Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 3rd ed., originally 1792; p. 34. Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; pg. 13. Howe (Musician's Omnibus), 1864; p. 119. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pp. 82 & 134. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 3, p. 24. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 99. Scots Guards-Standard Settings, vol. 1. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 163.

Recorded source: Philo 2001, "Jean Carignan."

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T:Bob of Fettercairn, The
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L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
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