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
e2A2 T(A>Bd>B) {B}A2G2|e2A2 (A>B)(d>e) {e}g4|e2 A2 ~(A>B)(d>B) {B}A2 (G>A/2B/4)|c2 ~(c>d) {cd}e2 (dB)A4:|
a2 {b}Ta>g e2 (dB) {cd}e2 (dB) {B}A2G2|{gb}a2 Ta>g e2 (g>a) {ga}b4|a2 {b}T(a>g) e2 (dB) {B}A2 G2{AB}|c2 ~(c>d) {cd}e2 (dB) A4|
a2 {b}(a>g) e2 (dB) {B}A2G2|{gb}a2 T(a>g) e2 (g>a) {ga}b4|(a>b)(a>g) e2 {e}(dB) {B}A2 (G>A/2B/4)|~(c>B)(cd) (ed)(gB) {B}A4||
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), of Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire, in whose 1820 collection this tune appears, labelled this 3/2 time tune as "old" in his day. According to The New Statistical Account of Scotland (pub. 1834-45): "FOVERAN, a parish, in the district of Ellon, county of Aberdeen, 12 miles (N. by W.) from Aberdeen; containing the village of Newburgh and the barony of Kuockhall. This place was formerly remarkable for its castle, called Foveran, as is supposed, from a sweet and powerful spring, which still flows with its ancient vigour; but every vestige of the fortress is gone. The church is a plain substantial edifice, built in 1794, and accommodating 700 persons; the interior contains two handsome marble monuments to the Foveran family, and another, of very superior character, designed by Bacon, to the Udny family."
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Christie (Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Hornpipes, Waltzes &c.), Edinburgh, 1820; pp. 26-27.
Recorded sources : - The Fire -"Radiance" (2018). Chris Harrison - "The Banks of the Deveron." David Greenberg - "Spring any day now."
