X: 0
T: The Saint John River
T: 4x32S4
C: Prudence Edwards (1966)
R: strathspey
N: Suggested tune: The Bonnie Lass o' Bon Accord (James Scott Skinner)
N: Suggested tune: The Singing Bird (traditional)
B: New Brunswick Collection #36
B: A Centennial Collection #1
P: 1-2-3-1
K:


X: 1
P: the Bonnie Lass o' Bon Accord   [A]
C: J.S.Skinner
Z: 1997 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: BSFC IV-17 as an air, have versions in A and D
N: Caledonian Companion, p.83 (with variations by J.S.Skinner).
N: Hardie p.83
N: Harp and Claymore, p.2 (with variations by J.S.Skinner, plus 6 verses of words).
N: Hunter 21
N: Logie  Collection
N: SFT p.24
N: Skye p.152
M: C
L: 1/16
K: A
|: E2 \
| "A"{G}A3B "E7"c3B "A"A2A,2 C2E2 \
| AGAf ecBA "Bm"B4- "E7"B2c2 \
| "A"A3B "E7"c3B "A"A2C2 "A7"E2=G2 \
| "D"FDFA "E7"GEGB "A"A6 :|
(3efg \
| "A"a3c "D"d2f2 "A"e2A2 "D"{g}a2gf \
| "A"e2A2 "F#m"fedc "Bm"B4- "E7"B2(3efg \
| "A"a3c "D"d2f2 "A"e2A2 "A7"{g}a2=G2 \
| "D"FDFA "E7"GEGB "A"A6 (3efg |
| "A"a3c "D"d2f2 "A"e2A2 "D"{g}a2gf \
| "A"e2A2 "F#m"fedc "Bm"B4- "E7"B6 c2 \
| "A"A,CEA "E7"c3B "A"A2C2 "A7"E2=G2 \
| "D"FDFA "E7"GEGB "A"A6 |]


X: 2
P: Mary Hamilton of Auchincruive
C: James Stanley Hamilton
N: written by Stan Hamilton in memory of his mother
R: air
Z: 1997 by John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Bb
|: A \
| "Bb"B>c dc/B/ "F7"A/c/B/G/ F>E | "Bb"D/G/F/D/ "Eb"ED/B,/ "F7"C3 F \
| "Bb"B>c dc/B/ "F7"A/c/B/G/ FA/B/ | "C7"cB/A/ BA/G/ "F"F3 |]
y2"F7"d/e/ \
| "Bb"f2 "Eb"ed/c/ "Bb"dB/G/ "F7"F>E | "Bb"D/F/B/c/ d/B/A/B/ "Eb"G3 A \
| BA/G/ "F7"AG/F/ "Eb"G/B/A/F/ "F7"Ed/c/ | "Bb"B/F/"Eb"E/G/ "F7"FD "Bb"B,3 :|


X: 3
P: Sitting in the Stern of a Boat  (Mi'm shuidh'an deireadh b\`ata)
C: Rev. William McLeod
B: Fraser p.66 #161; Hunter #13.
N:
N: Fraser says that the Rev. McLeod was minister in Bracadale (Skye) in the 1860's or 1870's.
N: Hunter says that this tune was composed as the Reverend sailed from Bracadale to his new
N: parish in Argyllshire.
R: air
Z: John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C
L: 1/4
K: G
|: ((3D/E/F/) \
| "G"G>-A G-F  | "C"E2 "G"D-G      |    B>-c {Bc}d>-B | "D7"{B}A2 "C"G-E \
| "G"D>-E G>-A | "Em"B2 (g/e/d/c/) | "D7"B>c  {B}~A>G | "G"G3 :|
g \
| "C"e>-^d   e-f  |  "G"g3   b          | "Am"a>-g "B7"a-b | "Em"{g}e2 d-B \
| "G"(de/f/) g>-a | "Em"g>-a (g/a/g/f/) | "B7"e^d      ef  | "Em"{f}e3 {f}g |
| "C"e>-d "G"B-d  |     g2   B-b        | "Em"g>-e     d-B | "D7"A2 "C"G-E \
| "G"D>E     G>A  | "Em"B2   (g/e/d/c/) | "D7"B>c  {B}~A>G | "G"G3 |]
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  These are slow airs.  The note values are twice as long as in strathspeys.

  Tunes 1 & 2 Stan Hamilton's arrangement; 3rd tune added by John Chambers
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