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Theme code Index	113 223
Also known as	Bonnocks of Beer Meal (2)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	3/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	William McGibbon
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Scots Tunes Book 2
Tune and/or Page number	p. 34
Year of publication/Date of MS	c. 1746
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Tune annotations

X:1
T:Bannocks O' Bearmeal
T:Bannocks o' Barleymeal [2]
T:Bannocks of bear-meal, cakes of crodie
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Triple Hornpipe
S:Patrick Cuming MS. (1723, Edinburgh?)
N:c.f. Gilchrist - "Old Fiddlers' Tune Books of the Georgian Period" (JEFDSS, vol. 4, No. 1, Dec. 1940)
N:"…another early Scots dance rhythm in Cuming's book which seems to have
N:been sung as well as danced" (Gilchrist).
K:G
G3A Bc|A2A2e2|G2 GABc|{Bc}d4e2|
GFGABG|A2A2f2|{ef}g2 GABc|d4 ef|…

X:2
T:Bonnocks of Beer Meal  [2]
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:"Brisk"
S:McGibbon - Scots Tunes, Book II, p. 34 (c. 1746)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
"Brisk"G2G2B2 | A2 A(cBA) | G2 (GA)(Bc) | d2T(f2g2) :: g2d2B2 | 
A2(fga)f | g2d2B2 | g3a (g/a/b) | e2 (ge)(dB) | d2(Ac)T(BA) | 
G2(GA)(Bc) | d2(f2g2) :: GB g(BTAG) | (FA)D(cTBA) | GbagT(fe) | 
d2T(f2g2 :: Gg(dB)T(AG) | FADc'ba | bgdB T(AG) | g3(a g/a/b) | 
ec'c(edc) | dd'D(cTBA) | Gb(ag)T(fe) | d2T(f2g2) :: G(BdB)gB | 
(Aga)(aTgf) | (ge)(dB) T(AG) | D2f2g2 :: g2d2B2 | A2(f/g/a) (a/g/f) | 
gedB T(AG) | g3a (g/a/b) | e(g/f/ g)edB | d(3A/B/c (3BcA | T(G>FG)ABc | 
d2(f2g2) :: GDG(BTAG) | ADA(cTBA) | (GFG)ABc | d2T(f2g2) :|
|: (G/g/f/e/ d/c/B/A/ c/B/A/G/) | A(gf){f/g/}agf | (g/f/e/d/) e/d/c/B/ c/B/A/G/ | g3a (g/a/b) | (c'/b/a) c'bag | 
Tf>gaedc | (B/A/G) (GA)(Bc) | d2T(f2g2) :: (GBAG) g2B2 | A2(f/g/a) T(gf) | 
(ge)(dB) T(AG) | d2T(f2g2) :||: g2d2 (B/c/d/B/) | Aa (f/g/a/f) (d/e/f/d/) | 
(3gbg (3dgd (3BdB | g3a (g/a/b) | e2(ge)(dB) | d2 (3ABc (3BcA | 
(G/D/E/F/) (G/F/G/A/) (B/A/B/c/) | d2T(f2g2) :: GbG(BTAG) | GbFaEg | 
D2T(f2g2) :: Gg (e/d/)(c/B/) (c/B/)(A/G/) | (F/G/)(A/F/) Dc'ba | (bg) (dB)T(AG) | 
BgAf Gg | ec'ceT(dc) | dd'D(cTBA) | GbFaEg | D2T(f2g2) :||

X:1
T:Banoks of Bear Meal
M:3/4
L:1/8
B:Oswald - Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 3 (1760, p. 6)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
"Slow"G2G2B2|A2A2e2|G2 (GA)(Bc)|d4 g2:|
|:(gf)(ed)(cB)|A2a2 gf|g2d2B2|g3a (g/a/b)|
e2 (ge)(dB)|d2 (Ac)(BA)|(GF)(GA)(Bc)|d4 g2:|
P:Variation
|:G2B2d2|A2c2e2|dedBT(AG)|g3a {ga}b2:|
|:(gfg)dcB|Aagfed|egdeBd|(gfg)abg|aegdeB|
d2A2B2|(GF)(GA)(Bc)|d4 g2::GbG(BAG)|FAD(cBA)|
GbFaEg|D2(f2g2)::Ggd(BAG)|FAD(c'ba)|bgd(BAG)|
g3a {ga}b2|ec'c(edc)|dd'D(cBA)|GbFaEg|D2(f2g2):|
|:G(B/c/) dBgB|Ag (f/g/a) (g/a/b)|GBAcBe|d4 g2:|
|:(e/f/g) dBgB|Ag (f/g/a) df|(e/f/g) dBgB|GgdBgB|
(e/f/e/d/ c/d/c/B/ A/B/A/G/)|(F/G/F/E/) D4|(GF)(GA)(Bc)|d4g2:|]

X:1
T:Bannocks of Barley Meal [2]
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:O'Farrell - Pocket Companion (c. 1805)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
G2G2B2 | A2 AcBA | G2 GABc | d2f2g2 :|
|: g2d2B2 | A2 fgaf | g2d2B2 | g3a (g/a/b) | 
e2 (ge)(dB) | d2 AcBA | G2 GABc | d2f2g2 :||

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