Annotation:Down the Burn Davie Lad (1)

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 DOWN THE BURN, DAVIE LAD [1]. AKA and see "By the Brookside". Scottish, Slow Air. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. MacDonald's setting is a reprint of Gow, who remarks that his is a "Modern set by particular desire." See also O'Neill's Irish version as "By the Brookside."  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Gow (Sixth Collection of Strathspey Dances), 1822; p. 23. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 182.  Recorded sources: Rounder 82161-7032-2, Bill Lamey - "From Cape Breton to Boston and Back: Classic House Sessions of Traditional Cape Breton Music 1956-1977" (2000).  See also listing at: Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings.

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