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X:1
T:Pearlin Peggie's Bonny
T:Laird of Foveran, The
S:”Old”
N:Christie was a dancing master, fiddler
N:and composer from Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire.
M:3/2
L:1/8
Q:”Slow”
R:Air
D:Marquis Classics, David Greenberg – “Spring any day now” (2003)
B:Christie - Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Hornpipes,
B:Waltzes &c. (Edinburgh, 1820, pp. 26-27)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amin
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PEARLIN PEGGIE'S BONNY. AKA and see "Laird of Foveran (The)." Scottish, (Slow) Air (3/2 time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Dancing master, fiddler and composer William Christie (1778-1849), ofCuminestown, Aberdeenshire,in whose 1820 collection this tune appears, labelled this 3/2 time tune as "old" in his day. Foveran, or Fobharan, is a village eleven miles north of Aberdeen in North East Scotland. The hereditary baronetcy is held by the Turing family.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Christie (Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Hornpipes, Waltzes &c.), Edinburgh, 1820; pp. 26-27.
