The Braes of Bushbie

X:176
T:The Braes of Bushbie
R:strathspey
C:John Bowie, 1789
N:This famous Scottish strathspey first appeared in John Bowie's
K:C
Collection
(1789).
N:In that book it is unclear if Bowie composed the tune or not ... I
suspect he did.
N:Over the years it has been rearranged into a famous reel, Dowd's
Favourite
N:which was first recorded by Michael Coleman in the twenties.
N:Jerry plays both settings. He learned the Cape Breton strathspey
setting
N:from Bill Lamey.
M:C
L:1/8
K:GDor
F/|D<GG>A ~B>AG>F|C>DF>G A<c B/A/G/F/|G>AB>c ~d>cB>d|\
c/B/A/G/ F>A B<GG3/::A/|B>cd>B f>Bd>B|A<cf>d c/B/A/G/ F>A|\
B>cd<B f>Bd>B|~c>AF>A B<GG3/::B/|~g2d>g (3dga (3bag|\
f2c>f (3cfg (3agf|~g>fd>g ~d>cB>d|c/B/A/G/ ~F>A B<GG3/:|A/|\
B<dG>d (3GBc (3dcB|A>cF>c (3FAB c>A|B<dG>d (3GBc d>B|\
~c>AF>A B<GG>A|(3Bcd G>d (3GBc (3dcB|A>cF>A (3FAB (3cBA|\
B>df<b f>dB>d|c/B/A/G/ F>A B<GG3/|]

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