Annotation:Mary Morrison

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MARY MORRISON. AKA - "Mary Morison." AKA and see "Miller (The)." Scottish, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The air appears in John Johnson's Scots Musical Museum as "Miller (The)." George Farquhar Graham substituted the words of Robert Burns' poem that begins "O, Mary, at thy window be", which the poet admitted was "one of his juvenile works." The original air Burns used for his piece was "Bide ye yet," but Graham felt the air to "The Miller" more suitable, although he knew nothing of the origins of the music beyond Johnson's use of it.

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Printed sources: Graham (Songs of Scotland), 1848; pp. 8-9. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 133.

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