Annotation:Miller o' Dervil (The)

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MILLER O' DERVIL. AKA and see "Auld Brig o' Ayr," "Benholm Castle," "Bob Steele," "Johnnie Steele," "New Brig o' Dee (The)." Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. A tune reworked by many people, though it is principally associated (as "Johnnie Steele") with James Barnett of Kirkwall (1847-1898). It is attributed to Tom Barnett in Skinner's Scottish Violinist (1900).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1992; p. 54. Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; p. 141. Skinner (The Scottish Violinist), 1900; p. 11.

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