Buck of the Cabrach (1) (The)

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Theme code Index	3565 11H2H2
Also known as	Buck o' the Cabrach (1) (The), Road to Berwick (The)
Composer/Core Source	William Marshall
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
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Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	William Marshall
Book/Manuscript title	Book:1822 Collection
Tune and/or Page number	p. 36
Year of publication/Date of MS	1822
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BUCK OF THE CABRACH [1], THE. AKA and see "The Road to Berwick." Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). The original title appears to have been "The Road to Berwick." The Buck of the Cabrach is the name of a 2,368 foot peak in the Cabrach range with commanding views to Strathdon and Ben Rinnes. It is located on lands once owned by the 4th Duke of Gordon, for whom Marshall became Factor in 1794 with responsibility for the mountainous Cabrach region; perhaps a dubious honor for the region is notorious for the severity of its winters. Moyra Cowie (The Life and Times of William Marshall, 1999) says the name Cabrach comes from the same Gaelic root as does caber, or tree. Interestingly, the area around the mountain is now nearly treeless, she records, although at one time there was a great royal forest there, a hunting preserve of Alexander III. The story goes that after his victory over Haco, King of the Norwegians, Alexander celebrated by going hunting in the forest, and his wife, furious that he did not return to her, ordered it burned.

Printed sources: Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1822 Collection, p. 36. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 126.

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