Balendalloch's Dream

X:1 T:Balendalloch's Dream M:C L:1/8 R:Reel S:Gow - 2nd Repository (1802) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A e | c2 A>c (ef/g/) af | =g2 gB GB/c/ dB | c2 Ac (ef/g/) af | =gefd ~e2A :| ^g | a2 ea cAaf | =g2 dg BGdB|a2 ea cAaf | =gefd e2 A^g | a2 ea cAaf | =g2 dg BGdB | cedf e=gfa | =gefd ~e2A ||



BALENDALLOCH'S DREAM. Scottish, Reel. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AAB. AAB (Gow): AABB (Bremner). One of the 'lost tunes' of William Vickers' 1770 Northumbrian dance tune manuscript, called by him "Balemdilaks Dream." Glen finds the tune first published in Bremner's 1757 collection. Printed sources: Bremner (Scots Reels), c. 1757; pg. 33 (appears as "Balendaloch's Dream"). Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 495. Gow (Complete Collection), Part 2, 1802; pg. 28. __NORICHEDITOR__