Burn o' Cairnie

 BURN O' CAIRNIE. AKA and see "Miss Wedderburn('s Reel) [1]," "Miss Jenny Wedderburn." Scotland, Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A burn is a small stream; the Burn of Cairnie is an affluent of the river Isla, in northwest Aberdeenshire. Glen (1891) finds the tune earliest in print in Robert Bremner's 1757 collection. "Miss Wedderburn's," a later (derivative) melody, shares the same first part, though the second differs. Printed sources: Bremner (Scots Reels), c. 1757; p. 53 (appears as "The Burn of Carnie"). MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 7. Recorded source: LOCH 1220, Old Blind Dogs - "Tall Tails" (appears as "The Burn O' Craigie"). X:1 T:Burn o' Cairnie M:C L:1/8 R:Strathspey S:MacDonald - Skye Collection (1887) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A F|E2 E>F E>FA>c|B>AB>c B>AF>A|E2 E>F E>FA>c|B>AB>c A/A/A A|| c|d2 d>f eAB>c B>AFA|d>c dAB>c A/A/A Ac| d>c d Bce|B>A BAF>f|e f a>ec>e|B>AB>c A/A/A A||

X:2 T:Burn of Carnie, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:Bremner - Scots Reels (1757) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Amix E2 EF EFA(c | "tr"B)ABc BAFA | E2 EF EFAc | "tr"B>ABc A/A/A A2 :| "tr"c>BAB cdec | d/c/B/A/ GA BcdB | "tr"c>BAB cdec | d/c/B/A/ ^GB A/A/A Ae | "tr"^c>BAB cdec | d/c/B/A/ GA BcdB | cAdB ecfd | ^geac A/A/A A2 ||

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