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PARKS OF KILBURN(IE), THE. AKA and see "Parks of Fochabers (The)." English, Scottish; Reel. England, Northumberland. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of this tune in Robert Bremner's 1757 collection. The Gows later re-titled the reel as "Parks of Fochabers" in Complete Repository Part 3 (1806).

Source for notated version: William Vickers' 1770 Northumbrian music manuscript collection [1] [Seattle].

Printed sources: Bremner (Scots Reels), 1757; p. 3. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music, vol. 1), 1891; p. 12. Seattle (Great Northern/William Vickers), 1987, Part 3; No. 492. Walsh (Country Dances Selected, Part 1), 17--; p. 6.

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