Bonar Bridge (The)

 BONAR BRIDGE, THE. Scottish, Slow Air (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. A note in the Fourth Collection (1800) says "Ancient Gaelic." Bonar Bridge is a village on the banks of the estuary called the Kyle of Sutherland in the County of Sutherland. Bonar Bridge itself, spanning Dornoch Firth, was built in 1812 to replace the former ferry, and is perhaps the reason it was included in the 2nd edition of the Gow volume. Printed source: Gow (Fourth Collection of Strathspey Dances), 2nd edition, originally 1800; p. 38.

X:1 T:Bonar Bridge, The M:C L:1/8 R:Air N:"Slow" N:"Ancient Gaelic" B:Gow - Fourth Collection of Niel Gow's Reels (1800) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G D/E/|G>AGF !trill!E2 DG|B>c {Bc}dB {B}A2 GE|D>E GA !trill!B2 (g/e/)(d/c/)|B2 !trill!A>G [B,3G3]:|| g|edef ~g3b|{b}agab e2 dB|(de)(ga) g2 (g/a/g/f/)|!trill!edeg e3g| e>d Bd ~g2 Bb|~g>edB {B}A2 GE|D>E GA B2 (g/e/)(d/c/)|B2 !trill!A>G [B,3G3]||

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