Belles of Edinboro

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Theme code Index	1342 1354
Also known as	Belle of the Ball (2)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Fling
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Bradbury Ryan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Ryan's Mammoth Collection
Tune and/or Page number	p. 171
Year of publication/Date of MS	1883
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BELLES OF EDINBORO. Scottish?, American?; Highland Fling. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears in Boston Irish-born accordion player Jerry O'Brien's tutor (1948) under the title "Belle of the Ball (2)."

Printed sources: Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 171. White's Unique Collection, 1896; No. 157, p. 29.

X:1
T:Belles of Edinboro'
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Highland Fling
S:White's Unique Collection (1896), No. 157
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
E2 | [C2E2A2] c>A d2 B>G | A2 (c>A) e>cd>B | [C2E2A2] c>A d2 B>G | 
A>cB>A G>EF>G | [C2E2A2] c>A d2 B>G | A>ce>c d>cB>g | 
(a<e) (f>d) e>cA>c | B>EF>G A2 :: e2 | {g}a2 {g}a2 A>Bc>A | 
{g}a2 {g}a2 B>cd>B | e>fe>c A>Bc>A | (F<B) B>A (G<E) E>e | 
{g}a2 {g}a2 A>Bc>A | {g}a2 {g}a2 B>cd>B | (e<a) (e>d) c>BA>c | B>EF>G A2 :||