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BARNARD'S WILL. AKA and see "Bernard's Well," "Brikan Shamboe," "Briogais," "Shammie Breeches," "Shamboe Breeches." English, Reel (whole time). England, Northumberland. G Major or G Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Northumbrian musician William Vickers' title, notes researcher Matt Seattle, is probably a corruption of "St. Barnard's Well." The well was on the outskirts of Edinburgh New Town, near the Water of Leith.

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - William Vickers 1770 music manuscript collection [Seattle].

Printed sources : - Johnson (Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th Century), 1984; No. 73, p. 224. Seattle/Vickers (Great Northern Tune Book, part 3), 1987; No. 428.

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