Balgeny's Bowling Green

X:1 T:Bargenny's Bowling Green M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:Glen Collection, vol. 1 (1891) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Dmin E|(DED D2)c|GEC C2E|(DED) D2f|e2 d ecA|(fgf) e2f|cAc CDE|(DED) D2f|(e/f/g)e d2:|
 * A|(ded) d2a|gec c2e|(ded) d2a|g2f gec|(fgf) e2d|cAc CDE|(DED D2)f|(e/f/g)e d2:|
 * A/4B/4c/|dAd cAc|GEC C2c|dAd cAc|dAd cAc|fed cBA|GEC C2E|(DED D2)f|e/f/ge d2:|
 * ^f/g/|a^fd afd|gec c2 (^f/g/)|a^fd afd|a^fd e=fg|fgf e2d|cAc CDE|(DED D2)f|(e/f/g)e d2:||



BALGENY'S BOWLING GREEN. AKA - "Bargenny/Balgener's/Balginie's Bowling Green." Scottish, English; Jig. England, Northumberland. D Aeolian or Dorian. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD (Bremner, Glen, Gow): AABB (Vickers). Composition of the melody is credited to Joseph/John Riddel (1718-95) of Ayr by Glen, Gow, Seattle and others. Seattle (1987) notes Riddell's (or sometimes, Riddle's) best known tune is "Dumfries House," and the composer was alive at the time the Northumbrian editor William Vickers was compiling his collection. Glen finds the tune earliest in print in the collections of Riddel (1766, pg. 46) and Bremner (1757), and it also appears in the Gillespie Manuscript, 1768. Bremner's version is set in 12/8 time. Printed sources: Bremner (Scots Reels), c. 1757; pg. 39 (appears as "Balgeny's Bouling Green"). Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 514. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. I, 1891; pg. 21. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 2, 1802; pg. 33 (appears as "Bargenny Bowling Green"). Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 230.

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