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X:1 T:Woods of Bargenny, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig C:John Riddell of Ayr (1718-1795) B:John Riddell of Ayr – Collection of Scots Reels, Minuets &c. B:for the Violin (1782, p. 31) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F (fgf) cAc|f2c (AB)c|(fgf) cAc|Tg2f (ef)g| (fgf) edc|def (cd/c/B/A/)|(GAG) B2 (c/d/):| |:F2c (A/B/c)A|f2c (A/B/c)A|F2c (A/B/c)A|{a}g2f (efg)| F2c (A/B/c)A|fcA fcA|def (cd/c/B/A/)|GAG B2 (c/d/):|]

WOODS OF BARGENNY. Scottish, Jig (6/8 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Ayrshire fiddler-composer biography:John Riddell's (1718-1795) of Ayr’s 1766 first collection (p. 31), published in Edinburgh. It was also included in his expanded second collection of 1782, issued in Glasgow by James Aird.

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Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Riddell (A Collection of Scots Reels, Minuets &c.), 1782; p. 31.

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