Banks of Avon (The)

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Theme code Index	5326L 5L132
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Composer/Core Source	Alexander Walker
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History	Scotland/North East"Scotland/North East" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Alexander Walker
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Collection of Strathspeys Reels Marches &c. (A)
Tune and/or Page number	No. 96, p. 33.
Year of publication/Date of MS	1863
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BANKS OF AVON, THE. Scottish, Slow Air (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Alexander Walker. According to Paul Stewart Cranford (1991) the tune has currency among modern Cape Breton fiddlers.

Printed source: Walker (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches, &c.), 1963; No. 96, pg. 33.

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