the Minister of Birse

X: 12
T: the Minister of Birse
O: Traditional
T: Dance: The Sands of Forvie
N: In memory of Margaret Kendall, dancer, teacher and artist.
N: Margaret loved Forvie in Aberdeenshire. This nature reserve has a vast expanse of
N: sand dunes beneath which lies a village buried in a sandstorm over 400 years ago.
B: Social Dances 2002
R: strathspey
Z: 2014 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C
L: 1/8
K: D
A, |\
"D"D2 F<A "G"B,2 "A7"C>A, | "D"D2 F>A "D/F#"d>A F>D |\
"Em"G<B "D/F#"F<A "Em/G"E>F "A7"G<E | "D"D<d A>F "A7"A2 AA, |
"D"D2 F<A "G"B,2 "A7"C>A, | "D"D2 F>A "D/F#"d>A F>D |\
"Em"G<B "D"F<A "Em/G"E>F "A7"G<E | "D"D<d A>F "A7"A2 (3ABc ||
"D"d>e f>d "D/F#"A<F D>F | "Em/G"E<e e>d "A7"cA Bc |\
"D"d>e f>d "Bm"A<F D>F | "E7"E<A A>^G "A7"A2 (3ABc |
"D"d>e f>d "D/F#"A<F D>F | "Em"E<g g>f "A7"e>A B>c |\
"Bm"d<f "G"B<d "D/F#"A>B "D"A<F | "Em/G"E>D "A7"E<F "D"D2 D :|

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/SCD/SocialDances2002/T12_Minister_of_Birse/0000

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