Annotation:Carron Water

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 CARRON WATER. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The River Carron is in central Scotland, and flows past Falkirk before emptying into the Forth of Firth. It is mentioned in the song "Lads of the Fair": For ye can see them a', the lads o' the fair Lads frae the Forth an' the Carron Water Workin' lads an' lads wi' gear Lads that'll sell ye the provost's dochter Sogers back frae the German Wars Peddlers up frae the Border. Source for notated version: Printed sources: Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 115. Recorded sources:

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