Blue Bonnets over the Border (2)

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Theme code Index	1355 2466
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Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Nathaniel Gow
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Fifth Collection of Strathspey Reels
Tune and/or Page number	No. 235
Year of publication/Date of MS	1809
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BLUE BONNETS OVER THE BORDER [2]. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBC. Nathaniel Gow (1766–1831) remarked that the tune was "Old" in his 1809 collection. See also the adaptation as an air in "Down Among the Banks of Roses."

Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 235. Gow (Fifth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1809; p. 23. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 23. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 24.

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