X:1
T:Peir of Bowmore, The
C:H. Currie
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
B:Alexander Mackay – A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Tunes…
B:Chiefly composed by Alexander Mackay, Musician Islay (c. 1822, p. 11)
B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104487947
N:Dedicated to the Right Hon. Lady Elinor Campbell of Islay and Shawfield.
N:Mackay was born c. 1775 and was a fiddler-composer from Islay. Many of his
N:tune titles are reflect Islay settings.
N:Printed in Glasgow by J. MacFadyen, 30 Wilson St.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
d2d d2B AFD|d3 e2g f2e|d2d d2B AFD|(E2F) G2A B2A:|
|:FGA (D2A) F2D|FGA D2=c B2A|FGA D2A F2D|.E2.F .G2.A B2A:|]
PIER OF BOWMORE, THE. AKA - "Peir of Bowmore." Scottish, Slip Jig (9/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The composition "Peir [sic] of Bowmore" is credited to H. Currie in Islay fiddler-composer biography:Alexander Mackay's Collection of Reels, Strathspey and Slow Tunes, printed in Glasgow around 1822. It was composed after 1768 when the village of Bowmore, the first grid-system village in Scotland, was created and the populace from the former village of Killarrow waa moved across Loch Indaal to the new location. The pier at Bowmore is a stone pier jutting into Bowmore harbor. In Scots Gaelic, the English word pier translates as Laimrig, which was the name given by the Bowmont distillery to a single malt whisky of smoky/peaty style.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Alexander Mackay (A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Tunes), Glasgow, c. 1822; p. 11. Charles Gore (A Fiddler's Book of Scottish Jigs), 1997; No. 66.
