Ben Newe

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Theme code Index	1H3H1H3 1H2H2H2
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Composer/Core Source	Alexander Walker
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
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Editor/Compiler	Alexander Walker
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Collection of Strathspeys Reels Marches &c. (A)
Tune and/or Page number	No. 65, p. 23.
Year of publication/Date of MS	1866
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BEN NEWE. Scottish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Aberdeenshire fiddler and composer Alexander Walker (b. 1819), a gardener at Castle Newe, in the employ of Sir Charles Forbes before he emigrated to Massachusetts. Ben Newe (The Holy Hill), Strathdon, is a gentle peak, only 1,100 feet high. There is a holy well on the summit, actually a rainwater pool, that has ancient connections, perhaps Celtic. Pins have been found in it; to this day coins are sometimes thrown into it for good luck. Castle Newe is at the foot of Ben Newe.

Printed source: Walker (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches, &c.), 1991; No. 65, p. 23.

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T:Ben Newe
C:Alexander Walker
R:Reel
Q:232
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M:4/4
L:1/8
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