Baron o' Brackley (The)

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Composer/Core Source	J. Scott Skinner
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	March/Marche
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Mixolydian
Time signature	2/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	J. Scott Skinner
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Harp and Claymore
Tune and/or Page number	p. 34
Year of publication/Date of MS	1904
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BARON O' BRACKLEY, THE. Scottish, March (2/4 time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Scots fiddler-composer J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927). "The Baron o' Brackley" is an old ballad (see Child No. 203) that relates a feud between John Farquharson of Inverey and John Gordon of Brackley in which the pair traded cattle raids, each seeking reparation and revenge.

Printed source: Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; pg. 34.

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