Annotation:Bush Aboon Traquair (The)

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BUSH ABOON TRAQUAIR, THE. Scottish, Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Bush aboon Traquair" was one of the tunes marked by Thomson as composed by David Rizzio in his first edition of Orpheus Caledonius (1725). Rizzio was a lutenist and singer of repute as well as Queen Mary's secretary, however it has never been proven that he composed any existing melodies, and Thomson removed the ascription in his second edition. The popular air was used by Allan Ramsey in his ballad opera The Gentle Shepherd (1725), and subsequently in a number of ballad operas, including Damon & Phillida (1729), Patie & Peggy (1730), Mad Captain (1733), Highland Fair (1731), and others.

Traquair [1] is a small, ancient village in the Scottish Borders region, once surrounded by the Ettrick Forest.

See also note for "Annotation:At Setting Day."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4), 1796; No. 187, p. 70. McGibbon (Scots Tunes, book III), 1762; p. 65. Oswald (Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 2 (1760, p. 17

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