Black Mary

X:1 T:Black Mary M:C L:1/8 R:Air N:"Slow" B:Gow - Fourth Collection of Niel Gow's Reels (1800) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C c4 c4|~c2 BA G4|f4 e2d2|e2g2 a4|g3a (ag) fe|(fd)(ec) A2 {B}c2|G4 A2c2|{e}"tr"d4 c2:| {B}c3A G3A|"tr"(cBc).d (cd)(ed)|[E4c4] [E4c4]|~c2 BA G4|f4 e2d2| e2g2a4|g3a (ag)(fe)|(fd)(ec) ~A3c|G4 A2c2|{e}"tr"d4 c2:||
 * c>d|e2 e4 dc|f4 f2 "tr"c>d|e2 e4 dc|~d4 d2 "tr"c>d|e2 e4 dc|"tr"d(cd).e d(fe)d|

 BLACK MARY. AKA and see "Melvil House." Scottish, Air (whole time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "A very old Gaelic air" (Gow). 'Black Mary', meaning 'Dark Haired Mary'. Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 533. Gow (Fourth Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 2nd ed., originally 1800; p. 14. __NORICHEDITOR__