Black Mary

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Theme code Index	1H1H1H1H 1H755
Also known as	Melvil House
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	C
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Niel & Nathaniel Gow
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Fourth Collection of Niel Gow's Reels
Tune and/or Page number	p. 14
Year of publication/Date of MS	1800
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BLACK MARY. AKA and see "Melvil House." Scottish, Air (whole time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "A very old Gaelic air" (Gow). 'Black Mary', meaning 'Dark Haired Mary'.

Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 533. Gow (Fourth Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 2nd ed., originally 1800; p. 14.

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