Annotation:Barley Cakes (2)

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BARLEY CAKES [2]. AKA and see "Barley Sugar." Scottish, Jig. G Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. John Glen finds the tune first published in Bremner's 1757 collection. The tune is suggested by the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (in RSCDS Book 13) as the accompaniment for the dance Barley Bree, a dance in which one turn last 40 bars rather than the usual 32, the whole dance being four turns long.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Bremner (Scots Reels), 1757; p. 68. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 389. Gow (Complete Repository Part 3), 1806; p. 17.

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